Divestitive Fact
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A _ faet by means of which a right is divested, terminated, or extinguished; as the right of a tenant terminates with the expiration of his lease, and the right of a creditor is at an end when his debt has been paid.
Holl. Jur. 182.
Divide et impera, cum radix et vertex imperii in obedicntium consensu rata sunt.
4Inst.35.
Divideand govern, since the foundation and crown of empire are established in the consent of the obedient.