Legatee Definition: The person to whom personal property is gifted pursuant to a will. As Justice Gilbert of the Supreme Court of Georgia wrote in Yopp: "[T]he word legatee generally refers to a beneficiary of personal property under a will.... "[I]n ordinary usage the terms legatee and devisee are frequently used as synonymous or interchangeable." REFERENCES: Yopp v Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. 97 S.E. 534 (1918) Categories & Topics: Trusts, Wills, Estates and Probate Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!