devisees

noun

Definition of deviseesnext
plural of devisee
as in beneficiaries

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  1. beneficiaries
  2. heirs
  3. claimants
Noun
  • The other group of people who have to take RMDs annually are the beneficiaries of a deceased person’s retirement accounts.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • And when the insured person dies, all of the policy value goes to the beneficiaries tax-free.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of beneficiaries
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  • More than a half-century later, a group of Hungarian Holocaust survivors and their heirs sued Hungary and its national railway in 2010, seeking compensation for property the government stole from them.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Leaving your heirs the task of trying to regain access to dozens of online accounts will be both time-consuming and frustrating or in some cases impossible without critical information.
    Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of heirs
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  • Harry and the other claimants' lawsuits, which were filed in 2022, marked the first time Associated had been dragged into the phone-hacking scandal, which emerged more than a decade ago and prompted a public inquiry into the ethics of the press and several criminal trials.
    Sam Tobin, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, is one of seven claimants suing Associated Newspapers over allegations of voicemail interception — commonly known as phone-hacking — and other serious privacy breaches dating back 30 years.
    Sam Tobin, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of claimants
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