New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INHERITANCE ACT OF 1901 - SECT 6

6 Heir entitled under a will shall take as devisee

When any land has been or is devised by any testator dying after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six to the heir, or to the person who is the heir of such testator, such heir shall be considered to have acquired the land as devisee and not by descent.