devisee
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A devise of lands may consist of the entire estate or interest of the testator, or he may give the devisee a lesser interest in them.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
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
He did it to oblige my respected uncle, leaving blanks for the name of the devisee, not liking to make a will so very decidedly in favour of his own son.
From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper
The devisee, by the will, acted very strangely about the property.
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
He was not his heir, nor his devisee; nor was he his enemy.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Daniel Webster
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