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To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
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The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
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A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
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Property devised, or given by will.
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A gift of real property by deed. Back to the Top
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Devise means to leave land in a will.
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To give or bestow personal and/or real property through a will.
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The gift of property through operation of a will of the donor.
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A gift by will of real or personal property.
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gift of land or property in a last will and testament.
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To transfer title to real property by means of a will.
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The act of leaving property by a will or the property which is left by will.
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the transmission of property via a will after the death of a property owner. In a devise, the device or is the person transferring property while the person who's the beneficiary or heir is referred to as the devisee.
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A gift of land or other real property made in a Will. See Bequest.
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A gift of land by will or to give land by will. A devisee is the person to whom property is given by a will.
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To give or leave something by will, typically personal property, cash, or other assets.
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The disposition of land by will. A term used for land alone and never for personal property.
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A gift made under a will.
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a will disposing of real property
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give by will, especially real property
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a testamentary gift of real property
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a testamentary disposing of property, especially real property, by will [law].
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A gift of freehold or leasehold property by will
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A legal term referring to real estate which passes through a will.
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To give (or a gift of) property.
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A gift of real estate through a will.
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Real property (land) left to someone in a will.
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to grant real property by will
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Legally, a gift of real estate under a will as distinguished from a gift of personal property.
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The act of giving property (usually real property) by will. Also refers to property (usually real property) disposed of in a will. A devisee is the person to whom such property is given. Note that strictly speaking, devisees may or may not be heirs of the deceased person.
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Leave real estate by the terms of a will.
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Real property left to someone in a will. See also "Bequest."
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Disposition of land or real property by will.
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(v) to give or transmit real estate by will; (n) a gift of real estate by will.
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A gift by Will of freehold property.
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a gift of real estate by will or last testament.
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Gift of real property through a will. The donor is the testator and the recipient is the devisee.
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to give real property by will
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to transfer property through a will
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A gift or disposal of real property by last will and testament.
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To leave property by will. Historically a "devise" only referred to a transfer of real property, not personal property, but Utah law now uses the term for both forms of property.
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The disposition of real property by will.
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To leave real estate to a person in a will• Death
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A gift of real property by a will.
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A gift of real property (land) by will
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To give real or Personal Property.
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A gift of real or personal property made by Will.
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Property left in a will; or the act of leaving property in a will (strictly, real estate) - see Bequeath
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a gift of land or an interest in land (real property) made in a will.
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A gift of real property by will (not personal property).
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A gift of real estate in a will.
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gift of real property by last will and testament of the donor.
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A gift of real estate, also called a bequest.
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A transfer of real property under a will.
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The act of leaving a piece of land to another person in a will.
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To give someone real property (land, buildings, etc.) in your Will. Same as bequeath.
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when used as a noun it refers to an inheritance under a will. When used as a verb, it means to dispose of property by will.
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"A disposition or gift by will." Dukelow
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A disposition of real property by will.
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A disposition of real estate (such as land, houses or buildings) made in a will
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Real estate left by will.
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A transfer of real estate under a will, as distinguished from a bequest of personal property.
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The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
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A gift of land or realty by last will and testament of the decedent.
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A gift of immovable estate made in a will
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When used as a noun, real or personal property given to another by will. When used as a verb, to dispose of real or personal property by will.
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A gift or transfer by will of real property.
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A disposition of property made by a will.
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A gift of real estate made by a will.
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To leave, by will, land as distinct from personal property. ‘Bequeath’ is used for the latter. Various wills.
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