| 单词 | to devest out of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto devest out of a. To take away (a possession, right, or interest vested in any one), to alienate; to annul (any vested right), to convey away. to devest out of: the opposite of to ‘vest in’. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] atbraidOE benimOE fornimOE to reach upOE reaveOE bilacchea1325 to take away1372 stealc1374 privea1387 beneme1387 reach?a1400 deprivec1400 subduce1434 embezzle1469 pluckc1475 fortakea1500 raima1500 devest1538 rig1573 imbolish1592 exact1660 drain1673 society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > take away a right [verb (transitive)] devest1538 renversec1586 disprivilege1622 divest1790 frustrate1831 1538 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) ii. vii. f. 33v They canne nat deueste that thynge in fee, whiche hath ben vested in their house. 1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 43 If a woman hauing chattels personall take a husband, the Law deuesteth the property out of her, and vesteth it in her husband onely. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 184 The interest, which the survivor originally had, is clearly not devested by the death of his companion. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 364 Where..the freehold is not conveyed away or devested. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a Year ix, in Blackwood's Mag. 48 92 The estate had once been vested, and could not subsequently be de-vested by an alteration or blemish in the instrument. 1868 Stephen's New Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 6) III. iv. ii. i. 32 The title of any person instituted..to any benefice with cure of souls will be afterwards devested, unless..he shall publicly read..the 39 articles. < as lemmas |
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