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devastavits

devastavits is the plural of devastavit.

Meaning of devastavit

Noun

devastavit (plural devastavits)

  1. Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation.
    • Waſt may be committed by ſelling or confuſing the Teſtator's Goods, leaving debts unpaid. By […] not having enough to pay them by ſelling of the Teſtator's Goods at an undervalue if by Covin, but if upon a judgment the Sheriff ſell them at undervalue, this is no Devaſtavit in the Executor.1702, The Law of Executors and Administrators, being a Common Law Treatise. Shewing, Directions for the Management of their Office and Duty, in the Several Branches of It. …, London: Printed by the...
  2. In full, writ of devastavit: a writ issued against an executor or administrator claiming compensation for such misapplication of assets.

Questions about devastavits

What is devastavits the plural of?
Devastavits is the plural of devastavit.

Words near devastavits in the dictionary

  1. devastations
  2. devastative
  3. devastator
  4. devastators
  5. devastavit
  6. devastavits
  7. devasted
  8. devasting
  9. devasts
  10. devata
  11. devatas

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