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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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Sanchez is back on the Chelsea bench again, this time with summer signing Filip Jorgensen the beneficiary, but this is unlikely to lead to an opportunity for Petrovic, 25, to re-establish himself at his parent club next season.—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Then presumably the tax will no longer apply, and the surviving spouse beneficiaries may wish to decant or reform those trusts to eliminate some of the restrictions that may not have been desired but for the tax requirements.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 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
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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
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Although his funds were not expected to flow until later this year, Dowdy was looking forward to the USDA's press release announcing the newest grantees.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2025
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Federal contractors and grantees are also under scrutiny.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Fourteen days later, the Rangers hired former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker as a senior advisor, perhaps bringing aboard a new heir.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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The claim is that the death tax imposes an unfair and costly tax on the transfer of property, land, and other assets from a decedent to his or her heirs and that can decimate small businesses and family farms.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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But due to the sheer number of recipients expecting a check every month, not every claimant gets paid their benefits on the same date.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Court records show the claimant is in out-of-court settlement discussions with CoreCivic, which had previously denied all the allegations in the suit.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Devisee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devisee. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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