Devolvee

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One to whom a right is transferred by devolution.

    "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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"Now, I hold that the devolvee is an heir of entail, and that he is not a direct conveyee of the entailer."

Etymology

From devolve + -ee.

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