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Definition of Devisee
1. Noun. Someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will.
Definition of Devisee
1. n. One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.
Definition of Devisee
1. Noun. (legal) the person or entity to whom property is devised in a will ¹
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Definition of Devisee
1. one to whom a will is made [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devisee
Literary usage of Devisee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"There is a great difference between that case and this; for a bond affecta not
the real estate in the testator's hands ; nor did it the devisee, until the ..."
2. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1881)
"So it is wholly immaterial whether the devisee is directed to pay simply, or to
pay out of the land, (q) As to devisee . . • Where a devisee who is directed ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams (1877)
"So if lands be devised which are held under a contract of sale, and the purchase-money
is not paid, the devisee is entitled to have it paid out of the ..."
4. Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing: With Dissertations on Its Law and by Frederick Prideaux, John Whitcombe (1889)
"Wolstenholme(p), the trust was made exercisable by the survivor of the trustees,
his heirs and assigns, and it was held in this case that the devisee could ..."
5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone (1876)
""Where an estate is devised, and the devisee is subjected to a charge, ...
And the reason given why, in the former case, the devisee must take the fee, ..."
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