Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A gift by a will of money or personal property; a bequest; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease. 2. (n.) A business with which one is entrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.

Multi-Version Concordance Legacy (1 Occurrence) Ecclesiastes 2:21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil. (See NAS)