Devastation
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Wasteful use of the property of a deceased person; as, for extravagant funeral or other unnecessary expenses. 2 Bl. Comm. 508. DEVASTAVE RUNT (Lat. pL of devastavit). They have wasted. A term applied in old English law to waste by executors and administrators, and to the process issued against them therefor. Cowell. See "Devastavit."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Wasteful use of the property of a deceased person: as. for ex-
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The waste of the property of a deceased person by his executor or administrator, v. Devastavit.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Wasteful use of the property of a deceased person, as for extravavant funeral or other unnecessary expenses. 2 Bl, Comm. 508.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[Lat. devastatio, from devastare, to waste.] The waste of the property of a deceased person by his executor or administrator. 2 Bl. Com. 508. Sometimes called devastavit, (q. v.)