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devolve (di-vahlv), vb.1. To transfer (rights, duties, or powers) to another. 2. To pass (rights, duties, or powers) by transmission or succession. See DEVOLUTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

devolutive appeal.See APPEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]

devolution  (dev-<<schwa>>-loo-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.  The  act  or  an  instance  of  transferring one’s rights, duties, or powers to another; the passing of such rights, duties, or powers by transfer or   succession   <the   federal   government’s   devolution   of   police   power   to   the   states>.   — devolutionary,adj. — devolutionist,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

devoir (d<<schwa>>-vwahrordev-wahr).Hist. A duty; a tax. — Also spelled devoire. “Devoire is as  much as to say a  duty. It is used in the statute  of 2  R. 2, cap. 3, where it is provided, that all the western merchants, being of the king’s amity, shall pay all manner of customs and subsidies, and other…

devisor. One who disposes of property (usu. real property) in a will. [Cases: Wills    1. C.J.S. Wills §§ 1, 3, 174.] [Blacks Law 8th]

deviser. One who invents or contrives <the deviser of these patents>. [Blacks Law 8th]

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…

devise  (di-vIz),  n.  1.  The  act  of  giving  property  by  will.  •  Although  this term  traditionally referred to gifts of real property — and in British usage the term is still confined to real property —  in  American  usage  the  term  has  been  considerably  broadened.  In  both  the  Restatement  of Property and the Uniform Probate…

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 . [Blacks Law…

devisable,adj.1.  Capable  of  being  bequeathed  by  a  will.  2.  Capable  of  being  invented.  3 Feigned. [Blacks Law 8th]