Devisor
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 testator; one who devises real estate.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A testator. One who devises real estate. Any person who can sell an estate may, in general, devise "it; and there are some disabilities as to a sale which are not such as to a devise.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A giver of lands or other real property by will
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A giverof lands or real estate by will; the maker of a will of lands; a testator.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A giver of lands or real estate by will; the maker of a will of lands; a testator. 1 Powell on Dev. c. 5. 1 Steph. Com. 544.