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Device

That which is devised or formed by design a contrivance an invention a project

compare advancement NOTE: Only gifts that are characterized as specific devises, bequests, or legacies are subject to ademption.

by operation of law see also intestacy, unworthy compare ancestor, devisee, legatee, next of kin, successor apparent heir : heir apparent

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: a tax imposed on the privilege of owning, transferring, devising, profiting by, or otherwise dealing with or benefiting from intangibles

perpetuity pl: -ties 1 : the quality, state, or duration of being perpetual [devised to them in ] 2 a...

the property in a decedent's estate that is not otherwise devised or bequeathed [I leave the rest, residue, and of my

will esp. following the name of an intended grantee or devisee that serves to describe the nature or extent of the

of constructing the act of building erection the act of devising and forming fabrication composition

Capable of being contrived planned invented or devised

The act or faculty of contriving inventing devising or planning

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