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DEVICE

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 121 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEVICE  , a

scheme, plan,
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simple
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mechanical contrivance; also a
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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
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separate, used in the sense of to arrange, set out, apportion . Devise," as a substantive, is now only used as a legal
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term for a disposition. of
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property by will, by a
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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
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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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