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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-138

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent

Any legatee, after six months from the grant of letters testamentary or of administration, with the will annexed, may bring a civil action and recover his legacy, upon proof that the executor assented to the same.