| 单词 | to give and devise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give and devise 4. To assign the future ownership of (property) by testament; to bequeath or devise. (In legal documents conjoined with synonymous verbs: to give and bequeath, to give and devise.) ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > bequeath by will [verb (transitive)] leaveOE bequeath1066 queatha1325 let1340 dowc1374 bequest1394 wit1394 devise1395 give1420 willc1460 test1491 legacy1546 legate1546 league1623 legatee1797 1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 45 I ȝewe to Iohn Forster my godsonne a becure of seluer y-keueryd. c1430 Syr Gener. 7398 His yongest sonne, after his day He hath yoven him Tharse without nay. 1538 T. Starkey Will in Lett. (1878) 8 (note) I geve to..my lorde Montague, foure pounds. 1784 S. Johnson Will Codicil To Bennet Langton, Esq., I give and bequeath my Polyglot Bible. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 175 With respect to the words necessary to create a devise of lands, the proper and technical words are, give and devise. < as lemmas |
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