Devisee - Law Dictionary Search Results
Perpetuating testimony
of witnesses who can give evidence against his claim. A common case used to be that of a devisee establishing a will against the heir-at-law, by compelling him to litigate the question at once or not at
H'res factus
H'res factus, an heir appointed; a devisee
Locke's Act
1877 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 69, and 40 & 41 Vict. c. 34)), whereby the heir or devisee of real estate was first precluded from claiming payment of a mortgage on such estate out of the
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Mortgage
together with the Act of 1867 (see infra), commonly called Locke King's Acts, provided that the heir or devisee of real estate should not claim payment of mortgages out of personal assets; and the (English) Real Estate
Trust
but if a devise or bequest of the legal estate be accompanied with any mala fides in the devisee or legatee, as if there be an express or implied undertaking to execute the intent of making a
Presentation
may present; and his right descends by cause of inheritance, from heir to heir, or passes to a devisee or purchaser, unless the benefice become vacant in the lifetime of the patron, when the void turn devolves
Quod edificatur in area legata cedit legato
Quod edificatur in area legata cedit legato, that which is built on the ground devised passes to the devisee.
Real representative
(English) TRANSFER OF LAND ACTS], the real estate of a deceased person vested in his heir, heiresses, or devisees, and his personal estate in his executors or administrators. The (English) Land Transfer act, 1897, (60 & 61
Representative
Representative, bearing the character or power of another. Before 1926, an heir-at-law or devisee was a real representative; an executor or administrator is a personal representative. See now definition in the (English)
Executory devise
or any personal estate is bequeathed to one for life, or otherwise, and after the deceased of the devisee or legatee for life, or some other contingency or period, is given over to another person. It is
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