Sentence examples for the bequests from inspiring English sources
noun
The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
They handed down their tools and equipment, and the bequests are recorded in estate inventories.
The size of the bequests, to Trouble and to dogs generally, has generated widespread astonishment.
At 70, Ms. Saint Phalle is not in robust health; she had been considering the bequests she wishes to make.
"As the membership declined, the bequests declined," the suit says, "and the church, year after year, was running at a significant deficit".
While the bequests to Ms. Cohen were substantial — cash, homes and a 30.6-karat diamond ring, for instance — they total a small percentage of the value of Hudson Media, a big wholesaler of newspapers and magazines, which James now controls.
In the light of her vast wealth, the bequests to her relatives were grudging, small, and controlling, particularly the insistence that two of Jay Panzirer's children visit his grave each year.
The bequest is technically to the nation.
The bequest came to the U.S. in 1835.
The bequest from his grandmother made Edward rich.
Several historians said the bequest had tremendous potential.
A judge eventually trimmed the bequest to $2 million.
