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Definition of Devesting
1. devest [v] - See also: devest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devesting
Literary usage of Devesting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Scott Eldon (1822)
"N.1 the Court held, that it was not sufficient to plead that he knew nothing but
as counsel, without devesting himself of them, and disclosing to whom he ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Legacies by Roper Stote Donnison Roper (1847)
"Where a residue is given, so as to be vested, but payable upon a future contingency,
with a condition devesting it SECT. XII. ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"... would take anyway, by inheritance from their parent; on the other, that a
substitu- tional clause implies the devesting of an already vested interest. ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Marital Rights in Texas: Including Marriage by Ocie Speer (1916)
"devesting title to real estate. § 556. Custody of children. § 557. Same; support.
§ 565. Same; conclusiveness of or- der. Change of name. ..."
5. Probate Law and Practice: A Treatise on Wills, Succession, Administration by Peter V. Ross (1909)
"devesting of Legacy or Devise.—The statutes of a number of states declare that "a
testamentary disposition, when vested, ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Attachment and Garnishment: With an Appendix by William Pratt Wade (1886)
"Means of devesting officer's special title prior to judgment. § 177. Rights of
keeper of attached chattels. § 178. Custody of attached property after ..."
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