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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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Some two million beneficiaries were affected by this provision.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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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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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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Other proposals included a term limit for institute directors with a maximum duration of two terms, adding new oversight measures for grantees and adding new restrictions on research grants that present national security risks.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Stepping Stone grantees will remain involved with Trellis for a year, while the Milestone grantees receive funding and professional development assistance over the span of two years, during which they are also invited to participate in a retreat.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 Jan. 2025
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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What To Know Social Security claimants in Vermont and Utah could end up with some extra cash in their pockets if two separate proposals become law.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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The fires underscore this failure, but no policy that apportions the state’s supply among those claimants could have saved the communities destroyed by fire over the last week.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Devisee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devisee. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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