1) Beneficiary 2) Donee 3) Heir 4) Inheritor 5) Named beneficiary 6) One who inherits 7) Will beneficiary 1) Heir 2) Successor 
n. a person or organization receiving a gift of an object or money under the terms of the will of a person who has died. Although technically a legatee does not receive real property (a devisee), "legatee" is often used to designate a person who takes anything pursuant (according) to the terms of a will. The best generic term is beneficiary, which ...
• (n.) One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
A person entitled to a legacy under a Will.
(n) Legatee is the person or legal entity who is the beneficiary named in a deceased's will to receive a gift named in that will as per the terms contained in that will
Leg`a·tee' (lĕg`ȧ*tē') noun [ See Legacy .] (Law) One to whom a legacy is bequeathed. 
Also known as a beneficiary. Person named in a will to receive property. A legatee is a person to whom a legacy is given by a last will and testament. In general, every person may be a legatee, but a person civilly dead cannot take a legacy. Under What Description Legatees May Take. Of Legacies To Legitimate Children. When it appears from exp...
A person or organization who receives a gift under the terms of a will. Historically, a legatee receives only personal property, not real property; however the word now is most often used to refer to a person who takes any kind of property under a will. Compare: devisee
[n] - someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed
Person to whom personal estate is given by will
noun someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed