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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vested \Vest"ed\, a.
1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. "The vested priest."
--Milton.
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2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed;
as, vested rights; vested interests.
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{Vested legacy} (Law), 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.
--Blackstone.
{Vested remainder} (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a
determined person, after the particular estate is spent.
--Blackstone. --Kent.
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