Bequest

A gift by last will or testament of personal property. A bequest is the same as a legacy.

This word is sometimes, though improperly used, as synonymous with devise. There is, however, a distinction between them. A bequest is applied, more properly, to a gift by will of a legacy, that is, of personal property; devise is properly a gift by testament of real property.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

A gift of personal property by will. A devise ordinarily passes realestate, and a bequest passes personal property.