(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
(law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
“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.”
“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.”
“Or, if the land has been given to a devisee, he can require the executor or administrator to pay the mortgage.”
“Title to the real estate descended directly from the decedent to the heir or heirs, or to the devisee or devisees named in the will.”
“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.”