DEVISEE

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 in a will who takes the testator’s property that remains

after the other devises. [Blacks Law 8th]