Devise
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A gift of real property by a person's last will and testament. The term "devise," properly and technicalproperty.
1 Hill, Abr. c. 36, notes 62-74.
But it is also sometimes improperly applied to a bequest or legacy.
See 2 Bouv. Inst, note 2095 et seq.; 4 Kent, Comm. 489; 8 Viner, Abr. 41; Comyn, Dig., "Estates by Devise."