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    to their combination in many wills as devise and bequeath, a legal doublet. The phrase give, devise, and bequeath, a legal triplet, has been used for centuries...
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  • convey, transfer and set over give, devise and bequeath grant, bargain and sell name, constitute and appoint null, void and of no effect tamper with, damage...
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    and destroyed ("I give, devise and bequeath to my brother, Theodore, Professionally known as "Hardeen" all my theatrical effects, new mysteries and illusions...
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  • Wendell Holmes Devise is a committee established by Congress in 1955 after the late Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. bequeathed a portion of...
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  • read "I devise all my real property, and bequeath all my personal property, to A", since the word devise is appropriate only to real property and the term...
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  • called a "devise", and a gift of other property was a "bequest". Nowadays, the words "bequeath" and "devise" are synonymous in most jurisdictions and so "I...
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  • parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed...
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    all fortunes, beyond a certain amount, either given in life or devised or bequeathed upon death to any individual-a tax so framed as to put it out of...
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    in my family and to my name forever I give devise and bequeath to my Sonn Thomas Abney all my Estate reall and personall whatsoever and wheresoever after...
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  • parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed...
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    Ademption (category Wills and trusts)
    happens when property bequeathed under a will is no longer in the testator's estate at the time of the testator's death. For a devise (bequest) of a specific...
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    Coulston her heirs and assigns forever. I also give and bequeath unto the said Fanny Coulston her heirs and assigns such part of my household and kitchen furniture...
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  • parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed...
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    Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Daniel C. McCallum of the Erie Railroad, and Thomson of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They devised the functional departments and first...
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    acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland. See also the list of acts...
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  • guilty conscience and in an attempt to make amends, had bequeathed the worth of the diamond to John. John gives the money to the village, and new almshouses...
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  • parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed...
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    000)* " I bequeath to my Sister Johanna Christiana Weber Widow the Legacy or sum of £10,000 (£1,000,000)* for her own use and benefit ... bequeath to my housekeeper...
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  • is in fact Suyash's maternal aunt and stepmother. She finds a will bequeathing the entire Rawat property to Suyash and plots to marry him to a sterile woman...
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    the custom. The subsequent entertainment, devised by Frenchman Bastian Pagez, featured men dressed as satyrs and sporting tails, to which the English guests...
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    Massey was bequeathed to the National Trust by the 10th and last Earl. Another ancestral seat of the Grey family was Enville Hall, Staffordshire, and the house...
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  • a king is shown waiting for his grandchild. He dies still waiting but bequeaths his property to his grandchild, Shankar. Thakur, a kindhearted, widowed...
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  • parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed...
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    inhabitants. Wealthy planters had bequeathed property and funds to establish foundations to educate poor white children and people of colour who could be...
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    give, devise, and bequeath and all the rest, remainder and residue of my estate both real and personal for the erection, creation, maintenance and endowment...
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    Monivea Castle (category Monuments and memorials in Ireland)
    Upon the death of Kathleen ffrench in 1938, with no heir apparent, she bequeathed Monivea Castle, including the estate to the Irish Nation. Kathleen's Will...
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  • document bequeathing to him the 50% interest in Gucci shares, so Patrizia forges Rodolfo's signature on Rodolfo's updated testament. Patrizia devises a plot...
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    Legatee (category Wills and trusts)
    individual or organization bequeathed any portion of a testator's estate. Depending upon local custom, legatees may be called "devisees". Traditionally, "legatees"...
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    but he could not bequeath it by will away from the estate. If the owner died intestate, it went to his heir-at-law, and if he devised the estate it went...
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    during the Reign of Terror, and almost the only evidence of their existence is now supplied by the collection of drawings bequeathed by Richard Gough to the...
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