resignataryn.
/ˌrɛzᵻɡˈneɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌrɛzəɡˈneɪdəri/ Chiefly Scots Law. Now rare.
A person to whom something is resigned; the beneficiary of a resignation.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > one to whom something is transferred
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1722 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. I. iii. 4 A simple Resignation in favorem, doth not denude the Resigner, without Infeftment following in the Person of the Resignatary.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. vii. §18 Upon this act a notarial instrument is taken by him in whose favour resignation is made, called the resignatary.
1838 A. Duff Treat. Deeds & Forms iii. 226 When the resigner had previously granted an obligation to infeft the resignatary, it was the opinion of Stair that the seal and subscription of the party to the instrument were unnecessary.
1884 Catholic Dict. 719/1 A conditional resignation..is of five kinds,..(3) with the right of resumption, if the resignatary should die before the resigner.
1911 J. Craigie & J. Bartholomew Elem. Conveyancing 111 In order that the superior might reconvey them [sc. the lands] to the disponee (sometimes called the resignatary).
2000 A. Walford tr. A. Vauchez Encycl. Middle Ages I. 326/1 Somewhat similar situations..multiplied in the later Middle Ages, with the resignation of certain aged bishops in favour of e.g. their nephew... The resignatary..bore the title..that the bishop had resigned to him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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