reˈsignatary
[ad. F. résignataire: see next and -ary1.]
One in whose favour something is resigned.
| a 1768 Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. vii. §18 Upon this act a notarial instrument is taken by him in whose favour resignation is made, called the resignatary. 1884 Catholic Dict. (1897) 788/1 A conditional resignation..is of five kinds,..(3) with the right of resumption, if the resignatary should die before the resigner. |