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devise

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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(52) These meetings helped to put programme content devisors and owners, and potential licensees, in touch with one another on a regular and formalised basis.

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Let us denote by [tau](n) the number of all devisors of n.

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And underpinning the centre's importance in the contemporary arts scene the new spring programme demonstrates an interesting melange of events that its devisors believe reflect Liverpool's theme of A World in One City, as part of its bid for European Capital of Culture.

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All [alpha] values were acceptably high and close in value to those originally obtained by the devisors of the scales (see Table 2).