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DEVICE

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 121 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DEM-DIO
DEVICE , a
scheme
 , plan, simple mechanical contrivance; also a
pattern
  or
design
 , particularly an heraldic
design
  or emblem, often combined with a motto or
legend
 . " Device " and its doublet " devise " come from the two Old
French
  forms devis and devise of the Latin divisa, things divided, from dividere, to
separate
 , used in the sense of to arrange, set out, apportion.
Devise," as a substantive, is now only used as a legal
term
  for a disposition. of property by will, by a
modern
  convention restricted to a disposition of real property, the
term
  " bequest " being used of personalty (see WILL). This use is directly due to the Medieval Latin meaning of dividere = testamento disponere. In its verbal form, " devise " is used not only in the legal sense, but also in the sense of to plan, arrange,
scheme
 .


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