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▪ I. devisor Law.|dɪˈvaɪzɔː(r)|
Also 6–7 -our.
[a. AF. devisour, = OF. deviseor, -eur, f. deviser to devise. Formerly used in all senses of the vb., for which deviser is now the general form.]
One who devises (real property) by will; one who makes a devise. (Correlative to devisee.)
1542–3Act 34–5 Hen. VIII, c 5 §11 After the death of any such owner or deuisour which shall make any such..deuice by his last will in writing. 1574[see devise n.]. 1657Sir H. Grimstone in Croke's Rep. I. 476 The intent of the devisor. 1767Blackstone Comm. II. 379 No after-purchased lands will pass under such devise, unless, subsequent to the purchase or contract, the devisor re-publishes his will. 1876Digby Real Prop. viii. 351 No liability attached to the lands in the hands of the devisee for the debts of the devisor.
▪ II. devisor, -our
obs. forms of deviser. |