See Also: Devise(medicine)
devise(1)(dictionary)
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Devise(law)
INDEFINITE FAILURE OF ISSUE, executory devise(law)

devise(1) (iou)



devise noun. Also device. ME.
[Var. of DEVICE, from Old French devise fem.]
I.
See DEVICE I. ME.
II.
Law. The action of devising real estate by will; (a clause containing) a testamentary disposition of real property. Formerly more widely, the action of bequeathing, a bequest. LME.