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Definition of Devest
1. v. t. To divest; to undress.
2. v. i. To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
Definition of Devest
1. Verb. (legal intransitive) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate. ¹
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Definition of Devest
1. to divest [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: divest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devest
Literary usage of Devest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1832)
"... devest the reversion, for the estate of freehold is 658.Ant.55.b. ...
had recovered the lands the tenant for life shall devest the reversion out of the ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Legacies by Roper Stote Donnison Roper (1847)
"Of interest, where a particular or residuary fund is given by immediate bequest,
with a condition to devest it upon a contingency with a limitation over tim ..."
3. Reports of Cases Heard and Decided in the House of Lords on Appeals and by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Charles Clark, William Finnelly, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1874)
"same time, notwithstanding it vests in the person first becoming capable, yet it
shall devest as to the proportions of persons afterwards becoming capable, ..."
4. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"Athens was the pure wellhead of poetry : aside the popular power, his attention
was directed to devest it, as much as possible, of its mischiefs, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance of Every Kind by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1917)
"... had no inheritable title and that his wife had a right of survivorship of
which he could not devest her and might become sole owner in fee at his death. ..."
6. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"... the officer is exhausted, and he cannot devest the title by the execution of
another deed.4 c. EXECUTION — (i) In General. — The formalities with which ..."
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