01 a. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
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1.
Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
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2.
Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.(Law)
Phrases & compounds
Vested legacy —
a legacy the right to which commences in praesenti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it.
Vested remainder —
an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent.