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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.
A legatee, in the law of wills, is any individual or organization bequeathed any portion of a testator's estate. Usage. Depending upon local custom, legatees may be called devisees. Traditionally, legatees took personal property under will and devisees took land under will. Brooker v. Brooker (Tex. Civ.App., 76 S.W.2d 180, 183) asserts that devisee may refer to those who take under will without any distinction between realty and personalty ... though commonly it refers to one who takes personal property under a will.