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Definition of Divests
1. divest [v] - See also: divest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divests
Literary usage of Divests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1818)
"divests Remainders and Reversions expectant on an Estate for Life. 16. Discontinues
an Estate Tail, and divests the Remainders and Reversion. 26. ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"only when it is the real as well as the nominal party in interest,1 and it loses
its exemption and divests itself of its sovereignty if it enters into ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1826)
"... by mort- divests himself of all interest therein, in the consideration of а
was considered to be not only an admission by the defendant that he was ..."
4. A History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Friedrich Kohlrausch (1844)
"... Illo, and Piccolomini—The Emperor divests Wallenstein of all Command—Italian-Spanish
Conspiracy against Wallenstein—Piccolomini marches against ..."
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