A writ, now obsolete, directed to the king’s escheators when any ofthe king’s tenants in capite dies, and when his son and heir dies within age and in theking’s custody, commanding the

To deprive; to take away; to withdraw. Usually spoken of an authority,power, property, or title; as the estate is devested.Devest is opposite to invest. As to invest signifies to deliver the possession

In insurance. Varying from the risks insured against, as described inthe policy, without necessity or just cause, after the risk has begun. 1 Phil. Ins.

An Invention or contrivance; any result of desigu; as iu the phrase”gambling device,” which means a machine or contrivance of any kind for the playing ofan unlawful game of chance or hazard.

An instrument of torture, formerly used to extort confessions,etc. It was made of several Irons, which were fastened to the neck and legs,and wrenched together so as to break the back. Cowell.

Capable of being devised. 1 Pow. Dev. 105; 2 Bl. Comm. 373.

In practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper

A testamentary disposition of land or realty; a gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor. Scholle v. Scholle, 113 N. Y. 201, 21 N. E. 84;Ferebee

The person to whom lands or other real property are devised or given by will. 1 Pow. Dev. c. 7.

A giver of lands or real estate by will; the maker of a will of lands; a testator.

Fr. Duty. It is used in the statute of 2 Rich. II. c. 3, in the sense of duties or customs.

The transfer or transition from one person to another of a right,liability, title, estate, or office. Francisco v. Aguirre, 94 Cal. ISO, 29 Pac. 495; Owen v.Insurance Co., 50 Hun, 455, 10

In the law of Louisiana, one which does not suspend the execution of the judgment appealed from. State v. Allen, 51 La. Ann. 1842, 20 South. 434.

To pass or be transferred from one person to another; to fall on, oraccrue to, one person as the successor of another; as, a title, right, office, liability. Theterm is said to

L. Fr. Dies; deceases. Bend- loe, 5.

Lat In Roman law. A division of the as, consisting of ten unciw; tentwelfths, or five-sixths. 2 Bl. Comm. 402, note m.

To shake hands in token of friendship; or to give up oneself to the power of another person.

In maritime law. The contract which takes place between the ownerof a ship, the captain, and the mariners, who agree that the voyage shall be for thebenefit of all. The term is

The office of a deacon.

A medical term, meaning the discovery of the source of a patient’s illnessor the determination of the nature of his disease from a study of its symptoms.Said to be little more than