Devisee
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A person to whom a devise has been made.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The person to whom lands or other real property are devised or given by wlll. 1 Pow. Dev. c. 7.
— Residuary devisee. The person named in a will, who is to take all the real property remaining over and above the other devises.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The person to whom lands or other real property are given by will.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The person to whom lands or other real property are devised or given by will. 1 Pow. Dev. ec. 7.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
The person to whom lands or other real property, are devised or given by will. 1 Powell on Dev. c. 7.