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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:23-13

  • Devise: when used as a noun, means a testamentary disposition of real or personal property and when used as a verb, means to dispose of real or personal property by will. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
For purposes of abatement, a general devise charged on any specific property or fund is a specific devise to the extent of the value of the property on which it is charged, and upon the failure or insufficiency of the property on which it is charged, a general devise to the extent of the failure or insufficiency.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:23-13, eff. May 1, 1982.