devolvee
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[edit ]devolvee (plural devolvees )
- (law ) One to whom a right is transferred by devolution.
- 1847, Scotland. Court of Session, Second Series. Cases Decided in the Court of Session..., page 1183:
- Now, I hold that the devolvee is an heir of entail, and that he is not a direct conveyee of the entailer.
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