DEVISAVIT VEL NON

devisavit vel non (dev-[schwa]-say-vit [or -zay-vit] vel non), n. [Law Latin “he (or she) devises or not”] Hist. An issue directed from a chancery court to a court of law to determine the validity of a will that has been contested, as by an allegation of fraud or testamentary incapacity. See VEL NON.