Dictionary Search: "devise" - Pakistan Law Portal

Deviser

One who invents or contrives <the deviser of these patents>.

conditional devise

A devise that depends on the occurrence of some uncertain event.

devise

n. 1. The act of giving property (usu. real property) by will. 2. The provision in a will containing such a gift. 3. Property (usu. real property) disposed of in a will. 4. A will disposing of real property. Cf. TESTAMENT (1). -devise, ub. Cf BEQUEST; LEGACY.

devisee

A recipient of property (usu. real property) by will.

executory devise

An interest in land, created by will, that takes effect in the future and depends on a future contingency; a limitation, by will, of a future estate or interest in land when the limitation cannot, consistently with legal rules, take effect as a remainder. 0 An executory devise, which is a type of conditional limitation, differs from a remainder in three ways: (1) it needs no particular estate to support it, (2) with it a fee simple or lesser estate can be limited after a fee simple, and (3) with it a remainder can be limited in a chattel interest after a particular estate for life is created in that interest. See conditional limitation under LIMITATION.

first devisee

The first devisee designated to receive an estate under a will.

general devise

See DEVISE.

heir by devise

One to whom lands are given by will. heir conventional. Civil law. One who takes a succession because of a contract or settlement entitling him or her to it.

heir by devise.

See HEIR.

lapsed devise

A devise that fails because the devisor outlives the named recipient.

next devisee

The devisee who receives the remainder of an estate in tail, as distinguished from the first devisee.

next devisee.

See DEVISEE.

residuary devise

A devise of the remainder of the testator's real property left after other specific devises are taken.

residuary devisee