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Definition of Devised
1. devise [v] - See also: devise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devised
Literary usage of Devised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"JB Hall, brought this action against Carl M. Hall and Pearl E. Hall, children of
a former marriage, for the portion of the land devised to John M. Hall by ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"Latent ambiguities are of two kinds: first, where the description of the devisee
or the property devised is clear upon the face of the will, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"... he gave, devised, and bequeathed, unto the said John Stoodley and William ...
and funeral expenses, being first paid and discharged, he gave, devised, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Horace Binney Wallace (1849)
"Held, also, that the trustees took a chattel interest in the devised lands, either
until the legacies were paid, or until the legatees had all attained ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"He devised other lands to his grandson Hamilton White in tail, ... He then devised
to his younger son Hamilton White (the defendant below) and the heirs of ..."
6. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1905)
"However, I have devised this guard, aiming to answer every requirement that might
... I might mention that a mechanism has been devised for transmitting the ..."
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