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Devolve

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001607

The passing of property, rights or duties from one person to another by operation of law, as when title to a deceased owner's land transfers to the heirs or to a personal representative. Unlike a sale or gift, it needs no voluntary act by the owner. Intestacy statutes decide to whom a decedent's property devolves when there is no will.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001607
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "The passing of property, rights or duties from one person to another by operation of law, as when title to a deceased owner's land transfers to the heirs or to a personal representative. Unlike a sale or gift, it needs no voluntary act by the owner. Intestacy statutes decide to whom a decedent's property devolves when there is no will.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/devolve/"
}

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