devisee

noun

Definition of deviseenext
as in beneficiary

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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. — 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
  1. beneficiary
  2. assignee
  3. legatee
  4. grantee
  5. heir
  6. claimant
  7. inheritor
Noun
  • Based on the size of Jed’s cattle ranch — conspicuously vast for a man on a government salary — the judge is likely also the scheme’s principal beneficiary.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The amount of his withdrawal is computed using the year specified in the Single Life Expectancy Table using the age of the beneficiary the year following the death of the IRA owner.
    — Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of beneficiary
Noun
  • Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.
    — Robert Anderson, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of assignee
Noun
  • The old immigrants are likely to remain—in the manner of the occasional Wasp legatee (Wagner, Lindsay) who poked in during the buoyant sixties—more visitors to wars over civic power than victors in them.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Trump and allies, meanwhile, often cast him as legatee of Reagan.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
Definition of legatee
Noun
  • The Sixers donated 5,000 tickets to local community groups and Sixers Youth Foundation grantee partners and more than $80,000 was raised for the Sixers Youth Foundation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The head of another grantee, Centennial Mental Health Center, also stopped by for the announcement.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of grantee
Noun
  • Michael’s only daughter says she has been forced to spend her own resources to ask the court to order a partial distribution of $600 million to the heirs’ family trust as the beneficiary of Jackson’s estate.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Ruiz-Picasso’s complaint was made on behalf of nine heirs to the artist.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of heir
Noun
  • The claimant’s counsel says the client has been hospitalized for months and examined by more than 10 doctors.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Their claims have languished for years or been rejected; one claimant has waited more than nine years.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of claimant
Noun
  • Eric Bauza, the contemporary inheritor of Mel Blanc’s legacy at Looney Tunes and a three-time Emmy winner, is dead at 46.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The bodybuilders in Mustapha’s focus are the inheritors of that model, using their Hulk-like muscles to exert temporary power over homegrown overlords who keep them in a kind of class subjugation.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of inheritor

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