Devest

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To deprive.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To deprive;, to take away; to withdraw. Usually spoken of an authority, power, property or title; as the estate Is devested. Devest is opposite to invest. As to invest signifies to deliver the possession of anything to another, so to devest signifies to take It away. Jacob. It is sometimes written "divest" but "devest" has the support of the best authority. BurrilL

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To take or draw away; to strip or deprive.

In old English law. To take away; to deprive of, as a possession, title, or estate.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Vest. DEVIATIOM". In marine insurance, a voluntary departure, without necessity or reasonable cause, from the usual course of;he voyage.' Originally, only a departure from the;ourse of the voyage; now, a material de- ■ 3 Bl. Com. 151-52; Story, Eq. 5 69^-711, 906. » DSv-as-ta'-vit. > See 2 Bl. Com. 508; 3 id. 292; 71 Ala. 240. « [Ayers v. Lawrence, 69 N. Y. 197 (1874); Clift V. Vbite, iJ id. 531 (1855): 2 Williams, Exec. 1629. s smith V. Ayer, 101 U. S. 327-28 (18T9), cases. ' 1 Story, Eq. §§ 580-81. parture from or change in the risk insured against, without just cause.i Unnecessary delay may be tantamount to a deviation. It is understood as part of the contract that the voyage is to be prosecuted in the usual, ordinary route, and the business attended to with at least ordinary diligence. The shortness of the time, when delay is really intended, is immaterial.^ Turning aside to save the lives of persons upon a distressed vessel is not a deviation." Nor is it to touch and stay at a port out of the course of the voyage, it such departure is within the usage of the trade. When a bill of lading provides that the goods are to be carried from one port to another, prima facie a direct voyage is intended; butthis may be controlled by usage. Established usages relating to a voyage are impliedly made part of the contract, if nothing is expressed to the contrary.* See Touch.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

To take away, deprive of

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[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.