devisee

devisee (dev-[schwa]-zeeor di-vI-zee). A recipient of property by will. Cf. LEGATEE.

first devisee. The first devisee designated to receive an estate under a will.

next devisee. The devisee who receives the remainder of an estate in tail, as distinguished from the first devisee. See FEE TAIL. [Cases: Wills 604. C.J.S. Wills § 1258.]

residuary devisee. The person named in a will who takes the testator’s property that remains after the other devises.

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