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Webster 1913 Edition


Vested

Vest′ed

,
Adj.
1.
Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
“The vested priest.”
Milton.
2.
(Law)
Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed;
as,
vested
rights;
vested
interests
.
Vested legacy
(Law)
,
a legacy the right to which commences in praesenti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it.
Blackstone.
Vested remainder
(Law)
,
an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent.
Blackstone.
Kent.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vested

VEST'ED

,
pp.
1.
Clothed; covered; closely encompassed.
2.
a. Fixed; not in a state of contingency or suspension; as vested rights.
Vested legacy, in law, a legacy the right to which commences in presenti, and does not depend on a contingency, as a legacy to one, to be paid when he attains to twenty one years of age. This is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it.
Vested remainder, is where the estate is invariably fixed, to remain to a determinate person, after the particular estate is spent. This is called a remainder executed, by which a present interest passes to the party, though to be enjoyed in future.

Definition 2024


veșted

veșted

See also: vested

Romanian

Adjective

veșted m, n (feminine singular veștedă, masculine plural veștezi, feminine and neuter plural veștede)

  1. sere
  2. (of land) barren, withered
  3. (of colors and people) pale, pallid, lifeless, faded

Declension

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References

  1. Romanian Explanatory Dictionary http://www.dex.ro/ve%C8%99ted