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Definition of Devested
1. devest [v] - See also: devest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devested
Literary usage of Devested
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"But even assuming and conceding that the offender, Surget, was actually devested
of his entire ownership, perfect and imperfect, and that the fee vested in ..."
2. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1824)
"It is a rule of law, that no estate or interest can Estates not &- be barred by
a fine, unless it is devested out of the ve"e' real owner, either before the ..."
3. The Law of Partnership, Including Limited Partnerships. by Francis Marion Burdick (1917)
"(A.) Firm Title devested by Act of one Partner. "Every partner is an agent of
the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the ..."
4. The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt: Of Several by Edmund Saunders, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Williams (1845)
"... that where a remainder in esse is not devested or turned to a right, there
a & others. lands to himself in fee: It was held, that the remainder to TS ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Ways, Including Highways, Turnpike Roads and Tolls by Humphry William Woolrych (1829)
"Ways not devested by non-user for a time. Suspension of ways. ... Ways, like
commons, being collateral to the land, cannot be devested. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws: Or, Private International Law by Francis Wharton (1906)
"But vested rights are not thereby devested.—But even if' we hold that with a
change of domicil there is a change of matrimonial relations as to subsequently ..."
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