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devisee Law.|dɪˌvaɪˈziː|
[f. devise v. + -ee.]
The person to whom property is devised by will: see devise v. 4. (Correlative to devisor.)
1542–3Act 34–5 Hen. VIII, c. 5 §17 The right and title of the donees, feoffes, lessees, and deuisees therof. 1602W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parall. 33 The deuisee cannot take the goodes without the deliuerie of the executor. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. 108 If the devise be to a man and his assigns, without annexing words of perpetuity, there the devisee shall take only an estate for life. 1813Examiner 8 Feb. 95/2 The nephew was to be heir or devisee and legatee of..the uncle's property. 1875Poste Gaius ii. Comm. (ed. 2) 227 In the language of English jurisprudence, Heir denotes a successor to real estate by descent, Devisee denotes a successor to real estate under a will. |