A person who receives a bequest or inheritance from a will along with one or more other people (co-inheritors).
English legal term combining 'co-' (together) with 'legatee' (from Latin 'legatus' meaning one to whom something is left/bequeathed); developed in formal legal language.
Family disputes over wills often arise when multiple colegatees receive the same inheritance—historically, this led to the development of detailed legal rules about what happens if one colegatee dies before the others, creating fascinating property law!
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