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Devisee
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DeviseeA person to whom a devise has been made.
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Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
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Deviation
A departure by the carrier of goods by sea from the agreed or customary geographic route, done without the consent of the cargo interests. At common law, a deviation deprived cargo of its insurance coverage, so that the carrier was treated as the insurer of the goods.
Devisavit vel non
Practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will.
Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
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Detinuit
Practice. He detained.
Devastavit
Latin for "he has wasted." This is the technical word referring to a personal representative who has mismanaged the estate and allowed an avoidable loss to occur. This action opens the personal representative to personal liability for the loss.
Deviation
A departure by the carrier of goods by sea from the agreed or customary geographic route, done without the consent of the cargo interests. At common law, a deviation deprived cargo of its insurance coverage, so that the carrier was treated as the insurer of the goods.
Devisavit vel non
Practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will.
Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
Devisee
Devoir
Duty.
Devolution
Ecclesiastical law. The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right and power which a person has to another, on account of some act or negligence of the person who is vested with such right or power.
Dicey
Albert Vein Dicey. As Vinerian professor of English law at Oxford (1882-1909), Dicey published his three most influential works: the Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885); Conflict of Laws (1896); and Law and Opinion in the Nineteenth Century (1905). Today, Dicey & Morris, The Conflict of Laws, 13 Ed. (2000) is the classic text on fixed rules solving conflict of law problems in England.
Dicta or dictum
Latin: an observation by a judge on a matter not specifically before the court or not necessary in determining the issue before the court; a side opinion which does not form part of the judgment for the purposes of stare decisis. May also be called "obiter dictum."
Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Deviation
A departure by the carrier of goods by sea from the agreed or customary geographic route, done without the consent of the cargo interests. At common law, a deviation deprived cargo of its insurance coverage, so that the carrier was treated as the insurer of the goods.
Devisavit vel non
Practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will.
Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Detinuit
Practice. He detained.
Devastavit
Latin for "he has wasted." This is the technical word referring to a personal representative who has mismanaged the estate and allowed an avoidable loss to occur. This action opens the personal representative to personal liability for the loss.
Deviation
A departure by the carrier of goods by sea from the agreed or customary geographic route, done without the consent of the cargo interests. At common law, a deviation deprived cargo of its insurance coverage, so that the carrier was treated as the insurer of the goods.
Devisavit vel non
Practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will.
Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
Devisee
Devoir
Duty.
Devolution
Ecclesiastical law. The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right and power which a person has to another, on account of some act or negligence of the person who is vested with such right or power.
Dicey
Albert Vein Dicey. As Vinerian professor of English law at Oxford (1882-1909), Dicey published his three most influential works: the Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885); Conflict of Laws (1896); and Law and Opinion in the Nineteenth Century (1905). Today, Dicey & Morris, The Conflict of Laws, 13 Ed. (2000) is the classic text on fixed rules solving conflict of law problems in England.
Dicta or dictum
Latin: an observation by a judge on a matter not specifically before the court or not necessary in determining the issue before the court; a side opinion which does not form part of the judgment for the purposes of stare decisis. May also be called "obiter dictum."
Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
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