Legacy vs. Property — What's the Difference?

An amount of money or property left to someone in a will

Property (Latin: Res Privata) in the abstract is what belongs to or with something, whether as an attribute or as a component of said thing. In the context of this article, it is one or more components (rather than attributes), whether physical or incorporeal, of a person's estate; or so belonging to, as in being owned by, a person or jointly a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation or even a society.

An applicant to a particular college or university who is regarded preferentially because a parent or other relative attended the same institution

Something owned; a possession.

Denoting or relating to software or hardware that has been superseded but is difficult to replace because of its wide use.

A piece of real estate

Money or property given to another by will.

Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title

Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past

Something tangible or intangible, such as a claim or a right, in which a person has a legally cognizable, compensable interest.

An individual who is either an applicant to an educational institution or a matriculated student and is the child of an alumna or alumnus.

Possessions considered as a group

Retained under an obsolescent or discarded system, chiefly for purposes of reference

A theatrical prop.

(legal) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

An attribute, characteristic, or quality

Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.

Something that is owned.

(education) The descendant of an alumnus.

A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

Left over from the past; no longer current.

(British) Real estate; the business of selling houses.

A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.

The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.

A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; - obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.

An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.

(law) a gift of personal property by will

An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.

(computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class.

A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.

(US) A script, book, screenplay, or the like that is on the market or has been bought for commercial production as a stage play, movie, or the like.

A produced stage play, movie, or the like.

(obsolete) Propriety; correctness.

(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.

(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.

An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.

The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.

That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.

All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.

Propriety; correctness.

To invest which properties, or qualities.

To make a property of; to appropriate.

Any area set aside for a particular purpose;

Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;

A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class;

A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;

Any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie;