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viatical settlement

of the policy in return for an assignment, transfer, sale, devise, or bequest of the death benefit or ownership of the

Malik or milkiyat

Ram Kishorelal v. Kamalanarayan, AIR 1963 SC 890. Malik, a devise or donee described as a 'malik' has a full right

legacy

personal property by will : bequest see also ademption compare devise conjoint legacy in the civil law of Louisiana : a

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leave

leave left leav·ing : bequeath devise

distribution

among those entitled to it according to statute compare descent, devise NOTE: The laws dealing with intestate succession are often called

devisee

devisee : one to whom a devise of property is made

convey

estate his Manhattan town house "R. H. Jensen"] compare alienate, devise, donate, give, grant, sell con·vey·ee [kən-vā-ē] n con·vey·or [kən-vā-ər] n

bequeath

sometimes of real property ; see also legacy, legatee compare devise

alienate

shares "Strickland v. Rahaim, 549 So. 2d 58 (1989)"] compare devise alien·ation [ā-lē-ə-nā-shən, āl-yə-] n

Excogitate

think out to find out or discover by thinking to devise to contrive

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