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Definition of legacy : 1. A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; - obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
2. A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.

Synonyms:

heritage, owned, birthright, bequest, patrimony, tradition, affect

effects, kingdom, inheritance, manor, ground, realm, fixtures, possession, land, property, resources, farm, title, real estate, assets, principal, empire, wealth, ranch, estate, domain, belongings, realty, stock, possessions, territory, goods, chattel, holding

gamut, subsequence, chain, link, lineage, series, course, concatenation, sequence, arrangement, queue, linkage, progression, array, train, succession, rank, thread, procession, consecutiveness, consecution, string, line

consequence, afterthought, offspring, follow-up, coda, aftermath, outgrowth, epilog, posterity, postlude, postscript, sequel, codicil, effect, descendant, aftereffect, outcome

Usage examples:

• Such a bill of exchange I will write for you- a legacy for my dear Wilhelmine. - "Old Fritz and the New Era", Louise Muhlbach.
• He said he saw in the paper about the wonderful legacy I'd had. - "Oh, Money! Money!", Eleanor Hodgman Porter.
• Why, my dear, laughed her husband, that's a novel attitude to adopt toward a legacy. - "New Faces", Myra Kelly.