See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

LEGACY (See also:

• LAT

Lat. legatum)  , in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, some particular thing or things given or See also:

• LEFT

left by a testator in his will, to be paid or performed by his executor or See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator . The word is primarily applicable to gifts of personalty or gifts charged upon real See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate; but if there is nothing else to which it can passes was domiciled in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom . The See also:

• RATE

rate of See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty varies from r to ro% according to the relationship between the testator and legatee . As between See also:

• HUSBAND

husband and wife no duty is payable . The duty is payable by the executors and deducted from the See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

legacy unless the testator directs otherwise . See also:

• SPECIAL

Special provisions as to valuation are in force where the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift is of an See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity or is settled on various persons in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession, or the legacy is given in See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint tenancy and other cases . In sc me cases the duty is payable by instalments which carry See also:

• INTEREST

interest at 3% . In various cases legacies are exempt from duty—the more important are gifts to a member of the royal See also:

• FAMILY

family, specific legacies under £20 (pecuniary legacies under £20 pay duty), legacies of books, prints, &c., given to a See also:

• BODY

body corporate for preservation, not for See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale, and legacies given out of an estate the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal value of which is less than £See also:

• IOO

ioo . Further, by the See also:

• FINANCE

Finance See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1894, See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of the estate duty thereby created absorbs the 1% duty paid by lineal ancestors or descendants of the deceased' and the duty on a settled legacy, and, lastly, in the event of estate duty being paid on an estate the See also:

• TOTAL

total value of which is under £r000, no legacy duty is payable . The legacy duty payable in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland is now for all See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical purposes assimilated to that in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . The principal See also:

• STATUTE

statute in that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is an act of 1814 . LE GALLIENNE, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD (1866– ), English poet and critic, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1866 .

He started See also:

• LIFE

life in a business See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in Liverpool, but abandoned this to turn author . My See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady's Sonnets appeared at Liverpool in 1887, and in 1889 he became for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• LITERARY

literary secretary to See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson See also:

• BARRETT, LAWRENCE (1838-1891)
• BARRETT, LUCAS (1837-1862)

Barrett . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he published Volumes in See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

Folio, The See also:

• BOOK

Book Bills of See also:

• NARCISSUS

Narcissus and See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• MEREDITH, GEORGE (1828-1908)

Meredith: some Characteristics (new ed., 1900) . He joined the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the See also:

• STAR

Star in 1891, and wrote for various papers over the See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature of " Logroller." English Poems (1892), R . L . See also:

• STEVENSON, ADLA1 EWING (1835- )
• STEVENSON, ROBERT (1772-1850)
• STEVENSON, ROBERT LEWIS BALFOUR (1850-1894)

Stevenson and other Poems (1895), a See also:

• PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell)

paraphrase (1897) of the Rubdiydt of See also:

• OMAR (c. 581-644)

Omar Khayyam, and Odes from the See also:

• DIVAN (Arabic divan)

Divan of See also:

• HAFIZ

Hafiz (1903), contained some See also:

• LIGHT

light, graceful See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, but he is best known by the fantastic See also:

• PROSE

prose essays and sketches of Prose Fancies (2 See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, 1894–1896), Sleeping Beauty and other Prose Fancies (1900), The See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion of a Literary See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man (1893), The Quest of the See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden Girl (1897), The Life Romantic (1901), &c . His first wife, Mildred See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee, died in 1894, and in 1897 he married Julie Norregard, subsequently taking up his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in the United States . In 1906 he translated, from the Danish, See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• NANSEN, FRIDTJOF (1861– )
• NANSEN, HANS (1598-1667)

Nansen's Love's Trilogy .