Definition of Divesting

1. Verb. (present participle of divest) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Divesting

1. divest [v] - See also: divest

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divesting

divertive
divertor
diverts
dives
dives in
divest
divested
divester
divesters
divestest
divesteth
divestible
divesting
divestiture
divestitures
divestive
divestment
divestments
divests
divesture
divestures
divet
divets
divewear
divey
divi
divi-divi

Literary usage of Divesting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Perpetuity: Or, Remoteness in Limitations by William David Lewis (1843)
"And same, although party taking under first gift, die before period or event contemplated by divesting clause. of the original gift being coincident, ..."

2. Estates, Future Interests, and Illegal Conditions and Restraints in Illinois by Albert Martin Kales (1920)
"Interests are not divested unless the event upon which the divesting is to occur strictly happens: ' This is the application of a general rule that the ..."

3. Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed: Military Secretary of Washington, at by William Bradford Reed (1847)
"Legislative measures of President Reed's Administration—Messages of September and November, 1779—Proprietary Estates—The Divesting Act of 1779 —State of the ..."

4. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... robbers, murderers, &c., but divesting them of humanity, and converting them into savages and perfect devils in human shape.1 SEPTEMBER 11. ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams (1877)
"... (m) if there is no disposition over, (m1) and whether precedent (n) or subsequent, (o) are inoperative for the vesting or divesting of the legacy. ..."

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