Devolve

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

"To devolve means to pass from a person dying to a person living." 1 Myline & K. 648. DEVYER (Law Fr.) To die. Deoya, died.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To attach to one alive from a decedent.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To pass from a person dying to a person living. 1 Mylne & K. 648. See Delegation. Dl COLON A. The contract which takes place between the owner of a ship, the captain, and the mariners, who agree that the voyage shall be for the benefit of all. The term is used in the Italian law. Targa, cc. 36, 37; Emerigon, Mar. Loans, s. 5. The New England whalers owned and navigated were under this species of contract The captain and his mariners were all interested in the profits of the voyage in certain proportion, in the same manner as the captain and crew of a privateer, according to the agreement between them. Such agreements were very common in former times. It is necessary to know this in order to understand many of the provisions of the laws of Oleron and of Wisliuy, the Consolato del Mare, and other ancient codes of maritime and commercial law. Hall, Mar. Loans 42.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To pass or be transferred from one person to another; to fall on or accrue to, one person as the successor of another; as, a title, right, office, liability. The term is said to be peculiarly appropriate to the passing of an estate from a person dying to a person living. Parr v. Pare, 1 Mylne & K. 648; Babcock v. Maxwell, 29 Mont. 31, 74 Pac. 64. See Devolution.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

“To devolve means to pass from a person dying to a person living; the etymology of the word shows its meaning.”