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Self devised

Devised by ones self

voluntas in scriptis is used, where lands or tenements are devised, and testamentum, when it concerneth chattels': Co. Litt. 111 a.

in estate law when the amount of the bequests and devises made in a will exceeds the assets available in the

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of the well-known maxim, 'quitas sequitur legem. (2) They were devisable even before the Statute of Wills, 32 Hen. 8, c.

A device or legacy is said to lapse when the devisee or legatee dies before the testator. In such case the

A devising

by act of parties. it may be granted over, charged, devised, or barred by a prior tenant in tail. Mr. Burton

Residuary devisee, the person named in a will who is to take

Parliament passed from time to time have also specially exempted devises of lands or moneys charged thereon to the trustees of

could not grant, nor bargain and sell, nor surrender or devise to each other, much less exchange with or enfeoff one

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