Specific legacy v Cash Legacy

[SteveNpton]

I need to discover the priority of pay out of cash v specific legacies. The dilemma is do I pay the specific legacies first, and then if there is not enough cash to pay the cash legacies in full, do I pay them pro rata. OR do I sell specific legacies to meet the cash legacies first

[des8]

The answer to your conundrum lies in the wording of the will.
However specific legacies applies to individual items left to a beneficiary
Pecuniary legacies applies to specific sums of money left to individuals.
If the estate is not sufficient to cover the total of pecuniary legacies, each should be reduced in proportion to the others (k/a abatement)