devisee
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And as a first step to the further discussion, as well as for its own sake, I shall briefly state the evidence touching the executor, the heir, and the devisee.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Or, if the land has been given to a devisee, he can require the executor or administrator to pay the mortgage.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
The devisee who held the will has heirs.
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
A person to whom real estate is given is called a devisee; the receiver of personal property a legatee.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
The principal part of this large inheritance was devised to Winfield Scott, but, the devisee having married again and had issue, the will was abrogated.
From General Scott by Marcus Joseph Wright
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