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Devestire

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. [from de, priv. and vestire, to clothe, from vestis, a garment.] In feudal law. To take away an investiture; to deprive of possession of a fee or feud.

Lib. Feud. 1, tit. 7.

Calvin de Verb. Feud.