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Devisee
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Matched in: Term devisee
Devisee
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Residuary devisee
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Abatement
been abolished. This takes place where a person dies seised of an inheritance, and before the heir or devisee enters, a stranger, having no right, makes a wrongful entry and gets possession of it. Such an entry
Lapse
of all the benefices in the realm. (2) A device or legacy is said to lapse when the devisee or legatee dies before the testator. In such case the devise or legacy falls into the residuary real
Tenants-in-common with cross remainders in tail
share in tail. On failure of his or her issue that share falls to the remaining grantees or devisees as tenants-in-common in tail. On failure of issue of any of the remaining grantees or devisees, that share
gift
tax avoidance devices (as the annual exclusion) sub·sti·tu·tion·al gift [səb-stə-tü-shə-nəl-, -tyü-] : a gift to a legatee or devisee in substitution for another devisee or legatee who cannot take under the will (as because of death) called
Malik or milkiyat
The term 'malik' when used in a will or other document as descriptive of the position which a devisee or donee is intended to hold, has been held apt to describe an owner possessed of full proprietary
Personal property
Act, 1897, a notable distinction between realty and personalty was that realty devolved directly on the heir or devisee upon the death of a person seised of the estate or inheritance. After that Act it devolved upon
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