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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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India has been among the biggest beneficiaries of the boom.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
8 June 2025
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Federal Contractors Defense integrators and established IT vendors are among the most immediate beneficiaries.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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The result that the purchaser at the judicial sale ends up only as an assignee of the distributional rights, but without governance rights, is the result that will ordinarily be obtained outside of bankruptcy too.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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As a mere assignee of Addington's interest, BAL did not gain Addington's governance rights.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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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The actions of the Administration to reject potential grantees for political reasons and to cut the budget to a small fraction repudiate these values.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia late last week, however, the Labor Department argued that a district court lacked the jurisdiction to grant relief to a federal grantee seeking contractual remedy over a federal grant agreement.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The 2,000-year-old Yamato dynasty was at risk of dying without a male heir in the next generation.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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It had been put up for sale by one of Nancy Astor’s heirs.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Payments are administered in one lump sum for most recipients, but because of the large number of recipients, not every claimant receives their payment on the same date each month.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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Yet, Canada continues to regard the U.S. as a safe haven for refugee claimants.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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“Devisee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devisee. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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