Devise - Law Dictionary Search Results
Bequeath
Bequeath [fr. becw'than fr. cw'than, A.S., to say], to leave by will to another. The word is properly applied to...
Bote
expressly restrained by the terms of the conveyance, settlement, or devise, to reasonable estovers or botes, i.e., necessary wood, such as
Assurances
'a gift, conveyance, appointment, lease, transfer, settlement, mortgage charge, incumbrance devise, bequest, and every other assurance by deed, will, or other
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Contingent remainder
been created as a springing or shifting use or executory devise or other executory limitation. Contingent remainders are subject to the
Heir
make but one heir, Co. Litt. 140. (c) Heir by devise or h'res factus. He who is made, by will, the
Copyhold
husband for then the copyhold is destroyed, or by a devise expressed to be in satisfaction of it. (10) Copyholds, by
Denizen
restrictions whatever. The denizen might hold lands by purchase or devise, which an alien might not, but could not take by
Devisavit vel non
real estate, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise or whether or not the paper was his will. Obsolete.
Disposition
'disposition' has been defined in Stroud's Judicial Dictionary as a devise 'intended to comprehend a mode by which property can pass,
Divisa
Divisa, a device, award, or decree; also a devise; also bounds or limits of division of a parish or
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