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Devolve

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

To pass or be transferred from one person to another; to fall on or accrue to, one person as the successor of another; as, a title, right, office, liability. The term is said to be peculiarly appropriate to the passing of an estate from a person dying to a person living.

Parr v. Pare, 1 Mylne & K. 648; Babcock v. Maxwell, 29 Mont. 31, 74 Pac. 64.

See Devolution.

See Devolution.