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Beneficiary
Any person or entity designated to receive property according to the instructions of a legal document, such as a will, trust, or life insurance.  Also used to generally refer to any person or entity receiving property by reason of a person's death.

See: Primary Beneficiary; Alternate Beneficiary; Devisee; Legatee