Vest

Dictionary: 
Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

To accrue to; to be fixed; to take effect; to give a fixed and indefeasible right An estate is vested in possession when there exists a right of present enjoyment; and an estate is vested in interest when there is a present fixed right of future enjoyment. Fearne, Rein. 2. To clothe with possession; to deliver full possession of land or of an estate; to give seisin; to enfeoff. Speiman.

Author: 
Henry Campbell Black, M.A.
Publisher: 
West Publishing Company
Year Published: 
1910
Genre: 
Law Dictionary