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A transfer of real property by virtue of the provisions in a will. Contrast with descent, which is a transfer by virtue of statutory provisions controlling ownership of real estate when one dies without a will.

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Rather than meet the LAFCO challenge of devising a strategy for secession, they throw up their hands and say they can't do it.

EDITORIAL LAUGHING AT LAFCO

He cured chicken and swine diseases, devising a vaccine against anthrax.

With new vaccine, scientist prevents rabies in boys

Now, seniors spend weeks devising elaborate and often computerized locks for their doors.

ANNUAL HIGH JINKS ENTERTAIN INGENIOUS CALTECH STUDENTS

Nonetheless, by devising an antibody that blocks the action of C5a, Ward and his colleagues have ventured into the complement realm.

Immune blockade impedes blood poisoning

Embick is also proud of devising planting and irrigation techniques to reduce odors and the presence of pesky seagulls at the landfill, located on Bel Aire Drive near the Starlight Bowl.

KING OF THE HILL LANDFILL SUPERVISOR RETIRING AFTER 40 YEARS

In designing Metro's new headquarters, Munkenbeck & Marshall have taken cues from the nature of the business - as they are adept at doing - expressing linked themes of light and communication while remaining within a robust Modernist-inspired architecture of their own devising.

Photo finish

Having spent several years already devising their visible-light system, the Arizona team is now developing versions that work at infrared wavelengths for military surveillance and at ultraviolet frequencies for studying fluorescently tagged biological samples.

Pictures only a computer could love: new lenses create distorted images for digital enhancement

Having begun with Op art, Taaffe long ago moved on to another way of assimilating a tradition, especially that of another culture: he re-presents a traditional abstract syntax through combinational sequences and studio techniques of his own devising.

Philip Taaffe: 'Al Quasbah', 1991

Meanwhile, some of Canada Post's commercial customers were busy devising alternative distribution methods and other businesses were preparing for an increase in business.

Private sector devises plans for a lengthy postal strike

Devising and supervising these rituals was once a profoundly social affair.

The Men From the Boys: Rites of Passage in Male America

This is particularly useful in devising country-specific strategies for industry participants.

Japanese Government Must Continue to Promote Japan as an Ideal Destination for Automation and Electronics Manufacturing

Devising compounds that interfere with the aberrant microRNAs might derail the impetus to spur cancer-stem cell growth.