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 Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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

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

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 Bolles, Albert Sidney

The devisee, by the will, acted very strangely about the property.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various