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Heir
140. (c) Heir by devise or h'res factus. He who is made, by will, the testator's heir or devisee, and has no other right or interest than the will gives him. (d) Heir general, or heir at
De ventre inspiciendo
next heir (i.e., verus not h'res apparens), or on behalf of a tenant-in-tail, or h'res factus, as a devisee in fee, in tail, or for life, to guard them against supposititious births. Obsolete. Consult Hubback on Succn.
Emblements
goods, stock, and movables on a farm is entitled to growing corn in preference as well to the devisee of the land as to the executor. So, a tenant at will, the duration of whose tenancy is
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Disclaimer
right of the landlords to raise the rent and asserting a right to hold on a quitrent. A devisee in fee may, by deed, without matter of record, disclaim the estate devised, and after such disclaimer has
equity
the principles that developed in the courts of equity : justice in accordance with equity [ treats a devisee who procures a will by fraud as a constructive trustee "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] ;also :
heir
estate of a person by will or esp. by operation of law see also intestacy, unworthy compare ancestor, devisee, legatee, next of kin, successor apparent heir : heir apparent in this entry beneficiary heir in the civil
legatee
legatee : one to whom a legacy is bequeathed compare devisee, heir, next of kin, successor
power
interest in the property to which the power relates (as an executor who is not a legatee or devisee) called also collateral power compare power coupled with an interest in this entry power ap·pen·dant [-ə-pen-dənt] : a
word of limitation
of limitation :a word in a deed or will esp. following the name of an intended grantee or devisee that serves to describe the nature or extent of the estate granted or devised usu. used in pl.
Devisor
One who devises or gives real estate by will a testator correlative to devisee
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