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Devastavit
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DevastavitLatin for "he has wasted." This is the technical word referring to a personal representative who has mismanaged the estate and allowed an avoidable loss to occur. This action opens the personal representative to personal liability for the loss.
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Technical
That which properly belongs to an art.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Personal
Belonging to the person.
Representative
One who represents or is in the place of another.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
Loss
contracts. The deprivation of something which one had, which was either advantageous, agreeable or commodious.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Liability
A person or organization's extent of responsibility for a loss. An item of value that is part of the overall debt or obligation of a person or business.
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Determinate
That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated.
Determination
The end, the conclusion, of a right or authority.
Detinet
He detains.
Detinue
A common law action similar to conversion and also involving the possession of property by the defendant but belonging to the plaintiff but in which the plaintiff asks the court for the return of the property, although the plaintiff may also ask for damages for the duration of the possession.
Detinuit
Practice. He detained.
Devastavit
Deviation
A departure by the carrier of goods by sea from the agreed or customary geographic route, done without the consent of the cargo interests. At common law, a deviation deprived cargo of its insurance coverage, so that the carrier was treated as the insurer of the goods.
Devisavit vel non
Practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will.
Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
Devisee
A person to whom a devise has been made.
Devoir
Duty.
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Technical
That which properly belongs to an art.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Personal
Belonging to the person.
Representative
One who represents or is in the place of another.
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
Loss
contracts. The deprivation of something which one had, which was either advantageous, agreeable or commodious.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Liability
A person or organization's extent of responsibility for a loss. An item of value that is part of the overall debt or obligation of a person or business.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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Determinate
That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated.
Determination
The end, the conclusion, of a right or authority.
Detinet
He detains.
Detinue
A common law action similar to conversion and also involving the possession of property by the defendant but belonging to the plaintiff but in which the plaintiff asks the court for the return of the property, although the plaintiff may also ask for damages for the duration of the possession.
Detinuit
Practice. He detained.
Devastavit
Deviation
A departure by the carrier of goods by sea from the agreed or customary geographic route, done without the consent of the cargo interests. At common law, a deviation deprived cargo of its insurance coverage, so that the carrier was treated as the insurer of the goods.
Devisavit vel non
Practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper asserted and denied to be a will, to ascertain whether or not the testator did devise, or whether or not that paper was his will.
Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
Devisee
A person to whom a devise has been made.
Devoir
Duty.
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