Devest

[L. Fr. devester, dewester; L. Lat. devestire, q. v.] In old English law. To take away; to deprive of, as a possession, title, or estate; the opposite of invest. Termes de la ley.

Cowell.

See Devestire. Sometimes written divest; but devest has the support of the best authority.

Co. Litt. 15 a, b.

See Invest. In modern law. To take or draw away. "The whole estate was devested and drawn out of the feoffees." 4 Kent's Com. 240. "The feoffment made by the feoffees devested all the estates." Id. ibid. To strip or deprive. "The statute devested the feoffees of all the estate."

Id. 239.

See Vest.

See Vest.