- devise and bequeath
- Words which in their ordinary legal meaning, also in common usage, refer to real as well as personal property. Caracci v Lillard, 7 Ill 2d 382, 130 NE2d 514, 53 ALR2d 1053.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
devise and bequeath
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give and bequeath — index devise (give) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
will and bequeath — index descend, devise (give) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
devise — de‧vise [dɪˈvaɪz] verb [transitive] LAW to give land or buildings to someone after you die by writing it in a will devise noun [uncountable] see also bequest * * * Ⅰ … Financial and business terms
devise — de·vise 1 /di vīz/ vt de·vised, de·vis·ing [Anglo French deviser to divide, share, bequeath, ultimately from Latin dividere to divide]: to give (property) by will; specif: to give (real property) by will compare alienate, bequeath, convey … Law dictionary
Bequeath — Be*queath (b[ e]*kw[=e][th] ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bequeathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bequeathing}.] [OE. biquethen, AS. becwe[eth]an to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be + cwe[eth]an to say, speak. See {Quoth}.] 1. To give or leave by will; to give by … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bequeath — Synonyms and related words: abalienate, add a codicil, alien, alienate, amortize, assign, barter, cede, confer, consign, convey, deed, deed over, deliver, demise, devise, devolve upon, enfeoff, entail, exchange, execute a will, give, give title… … Moby Thesaurus
devise — Synonyms and related words: add a codicil, arrange, assemble, assign, attested copy, beget, bequeath, bequeathal, bequest, bestow, blueprint, breed, bring forth, bring into being, build, calculate, call into being, cast, chart, codicil, cogitate … Moby Thesaurus
bequeath — be·queath /bi kwēth, kwēt̲h̲/ vt [Old English becwethan to speak to, address, leave by will, from be to, about + cwethan to say]: to give by will used esp. of personal property but sometimes of real property; see also legacy, legatee compare de … Law dictionary
Devise — De*vise , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devising}.] [OF. deviser to distribute, regulate, direct, relate, F., to chat, fr. L. divisus divided, distributed, p. p. of dividere. See {Divide}, and cf. {Device}.] 1. To form in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Devises and Bequests For Masses (United States) — Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States) Prior to the period of the Reformation in England in 1532, Masses for the repose of the souls of the donors of… … Catholic encyclopedia
