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What is a devisee?

What is a devisee? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) The person or entity to whom property is devised in a will.
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Or, if the land has been given to a devisee, he can require the executor or administrator to pay the mortgage.
A person benefiting under a will is a legatee of money, or a devisee of land, and not an heir to either.
Patent to issue to their assignee or devisee after proof of right thereto.
If he dies intestate it goes to his heir-at-law, and if he devises the estate it goes to the devisee.
It follows from this that Loring, at the time of his death, had no devisable estate in the land, and that the heirs of his devisee cannot maintain this suit.
Any person may be a devisee or legatee including married women, minors and corporations.

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