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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

One who makes a devise.

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 giver of lands or real estate by wlll; the maker of a will of lands; a testator.

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.