devise : Idioms & Phrases
Lapsed devise , Lapsed legacy
(Law) , a devise, or legacy, which fails to take effect in consequence of the death of the devisee, or legatee, before that of the testator, or for ether cause.
Webster 1913
Residuary devise
(Law) , the person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will.
Webster 1913
self-devised
Self`-de*vised" adjective
Definitions
Devised by one's self.