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A person to whom a devise has been made. 2. All persons who are in rerum natura, and even embryos, may be devisees, unless excepted by some positive law. In general, he who can acquire property by his labor and industry, may receive a devise. NOTE: Usually the person or entity who inherits real property under a will. … [Read more...] about DEVISEE

That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning. … [Read more...] about DIALECTICS

A testator; one, who devises his real estate. 2. As a general rule all persons who. may sell an estate may devise it. The disabilities of devisors may be classed, in three divisions. 1. Infancy. In some of the United States this disability is partially removed; in Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi and Ohio, an unmarried woman at the age of eighteen years may devise. 2. Coverture. … [Read more...] about DEVISOR

A rhetorical figure in which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point Enc. Lond. … [Read more...] about DIALLAGE

Duty. It is used in the statute of 2 Ric. II., c. 3, in the sense of duties or customs. … [Read more...] about DEVOIR