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 . [Blacks Law 8th]