devisee
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Any person may be a devisee or legatee including married women, minors and corporations.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the devisee.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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
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
If a devisee die before the testator, his heirs shall inherit the amount so devised to him unless from the terms of the will a contrary intent is manifest.
From Legal Status of Women in Iowa by Jennie L. (Jennie Lansley) Wilson
