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Recent Examples of devisee
That can obviously set up some interesting, and potentially uncomfortable, situations for both the devisee and your surviving spouse.
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Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022
When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees, subject to the administration of his estate.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2020
Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022
When a person dies, his claim passes to his heirs or devisees, subject to the administration of his estate.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devisee
Noun
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The companies declined to provide specific names of the beneficiaries.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
28 Jan. 2025
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Some two million beneficiaries were affected by this provision.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After all, Qualcomm recently surpassed IBM as the number-two patent assignee in the U.S..—
Anshel Sag,
Forbes,
29 Feb. 2024
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The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year.—
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22 June 2023
Noun
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Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.—
David Jackson,
USA TODAY,
8 Sep. 2024
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Humans, as legatees of this heritage, learn by seeing and visualizing.—
Stephen Jay Gould,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
Noun
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In 2024, Duke University in North Carolina and Washington University in Missouri were NIAID’s largest grantees, receiving more than $190 and $173 million, respectively, to study, among other things, HIV, West Nile vaccines and biodefense.—
Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
15 Jan. 2025
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The fund’s initial grantees include: Harness; Protect the Sacred; Question Culture; Saved By A Story; Center for Art & Advocacy; BLD PWR (Build Power); Sola Foundation; and Brown Girls Doc Mafia.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The duchy is a private estate owned by the British royal family, and was established by King Edward III in 1337 as a means to provide income for the heir to the throne.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Their young son, now the sole heir, faces the daunting task of ruling a kingdom teetering on the edge of collapse.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Legal fees and other costs might affect the final payment amounts distributed to claimants.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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The deal would require claimants to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars in a legal defense fund for the Sacklers.—
Shayla Colon,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Devisee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devisee. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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