devisee

Example Sentences

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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 Webster, Daniel

This body, being a mere voluntary association of individuals, having no corporate existence, was incapable of becoming a devisee of real estate.

From The History of Peru by Beebe, Henry S.

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 Holmes, Oliver Wendell

If a testator devises mortgaged land, is the devisee or person who receives the land also entitled to the money due from the mortgagor?

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

If he dies intestate it goes to his heir-at-law, and if he devises the estate it goes to the devisee.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various