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What is DEVISE? A testamentary disposition of land or realty; a gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor. Scholle v. Scholle, 113 N. Y. 201, 21 N. E. 84;Ferebee v. Procter, 19 N. C. 410; Pratt v. McGhee, 17 S. C. 428; Iu re Fetrowâs Estate, 58 Pa. 427; Jenkins v. Tobin, 31 Ark. 300; In re Daileyâs Estate, 43 Misc.
Bequest can be of specific assets or of the residue (what is left after specific gifts have been made). (See: will, legacy). noun bequeathal, birthright, demise, devisal, devise, endowment, entail, gift, heirdom, heirloom, heritable, heritage, inheritance, legacy, testamentary disposition, testamentary gift.here is, however, a distinction between them. A bequest is applied, more properly, to a gift by will of a legacy, that is, of personal property; devise is properly a gift by testament of real property. Vide Devise.