“The other piece of equipment is a device called a hydrometer, which measures alcoholic strength.”

“On this occasion, there was undoubtedly physical fear of a very acute kind, and the vow appears as a desperate device to save his life.”

“Daniel Brochu is somewhat wasted in the role of younger Vinci brother Francesco who is, again, less of a character in his own right than a device to move the plot along.”

“There is apt humor here and no less apt insight into the deviousness of the psyche.”

“She seemed so innocent, her previous deviousness and cunning gone in a flash.”

“You can always get what you want by bribery and corruption, dishonesty and deviousness.”

“The devising of a new and innovative product requires extensive brainstorming and problem-solving skills.”

“The personal representative may similarly serve a copy of the notice on any devisee under another will or heirs or others who claim or may claim an interest in the estate.”

“Any person may be a devisee or legatee including married women, minors and corporations.”

“It follows from this that Loring, at the time of his death, had no devisable estate in the land, and that the heirs of his devisee cannot maintain this suit.”

“A great churchman, Hincmar, Archbishop of Rheims, was the deviser of the new arrangement.”

“Menander was a skilful constructor of plots, an imaginative deviser of situations, and a master of variety and suspense.”

“Lethem believes any deviser of nonfictions is ipso facto a fictional creation.”

“But today we live in a time that most people do tricks and deception, and assume them as an agility and ignorant people call them devisal ones.”

“I take some kind of comfort in the inexhaustibility of the devisings of nature, that it can keep coming up with new things.”

“A devisor may clearly devise or limit the possession of chattels, making them inalienable by devisees in succession.”

“Expenditures not essential to the proper settlement of the estate but incurred for the individual benefit of the heirs, legatees, or devisees may not be taken as deductions.”

“In this case, no claims were filed by creditors, and the residuary beneficiary consented to the payments to the specific devisees, so there was no harm.”

“If left to his own devices, he would probably live on pizza and cheeseburgers alone.”

“To move human cargo across this border, smugglers now use cell phones, walkie-talkies, even GPS devices.”

“In addition, many mobile devices in the North American market are not yet equipped with the technology to utilize the QR code.”