Devisee

A person to whom a devise has been made. All persons who are in rerum natura, and isee must be in existence, except in case of devises to charitable uses; 2 Washb. R. P. 688; Philadelphia Baptist Ass'n v. Hart, 4 Wheat. (U. S.) 33, 49, 4 L. Ed. 499. See Charitable Uses. In general, he who can acquire property by his labor and industry may receive a devise; Cam. & N. 353. Femes covert, infants, aliens, and persons of nonsane memory may be devisees; 4 Kent 506; 2 Wms. Ex. 269, n.; Doe v. Roe, 1 Harr. (Del.) 524. Corporations in England and in some of the states can be devisees only to a limited extent; 2 Washb. R. P. 6S7. A devisee may mean a legatee; People v. Fetrie, 191 111.

497, 61 N. E. 499, 85 Am. St Rep. 268.