Legacy

n. pl. Legacies (-sĭz).
  1. A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
  2. A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
    3. Legacy duty ,
    a tax paid to government on legacies.
    Legacy hunter ,
    one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.