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devisable

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de·vise  (d-vz)
tr.v. de·vised, de·vis·ing, de·vis·es
1. To form, plan, or arrange in the mind; design or contrive: devised a new system for handling mail orders.
2. Law To transmit or give (real property) by will.
3. Archaic To suppose; imagine.
n. Law
1.
a. The act of transmitting or giving real property by will.
b. The property or lands so transmitted or given.
2. A will or clause in a will transmitting or giving real property.

[Middle English devisen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin *dvsre, from Latin *dvsre, frequentative of dvidere, to divide; see divide.]

de·visa·ble adj.
de·viser n.

devisable [dɪˈvaɪzəbəl]
adj
1. (Law) Law (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will
2. able to be invented, contrived, or devised


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