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Definition
coming from the past or left to the future — especially a gift left in a will
- "I hope," said Dr. Mortimer, "that you do not look with suspicious eyes upon everyone who received a legacy from Sir Charles, for I also had a thousand pounds left to me."Chapter 5 — Three Broken Threads (38% in)
There are no more uses of "legacy" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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