单词 | devisee |
释义 | deviseen. Law. The person to whom property is devised by will: see devise v. 4 (Correlative to devisor.) ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > legatee devisee1542 legatary1561 legatee1627 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 5 §17 The right and title of the donees, feoffes, lessees, and deuisees therof. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 33 The deuisee cannot take the goodes without the deliuerie of the executor. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) 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. 1813 Examiner 8 Feb. 95/2 The nephew was to be heir or devisee and legatee of..the uncle's property. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. Comm. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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