Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
devisavit vel non — dev·i·sa·vit vel non /ˌde və zā vit ˌvel nän, ˌdā vē sä vit ˌvel nōn/ n [New Latin, (whether) he/she bequeaths or not]: a document that sets forth the questions of fact pertinent to the validity of an alleged will and is sent from a court of… … Law dictionary
devisavit vel non — /devszeyvst vel non/ The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator… … Black's law dictionary
devisavit vel non — /devszeyvst vel non/ The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator… … Black's law dictionary
issue devisavit vel non — See devisavit vel non … Ballentine's law dictionary
vel non — /vel non/ Or not. These words appear in the phrase devisavit vel non (q.v.), meaning, literally, did he devise or not. Examples of their use by the courts may be seen in the following quotations: So the sufficiency vel non of the order of… … Black's law dictionary
