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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 255.154

  • Devisee: includes a legatee. See Texas Estates Code 22.009
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Person: includes a natural person and a corporation. See Texas Estates Code 22.027
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.

For purposes of this subchapter, a person who would have been a devisee under a class gift if the person had survived the testator is treated as a devisee unless the person died before the date the will was executed.