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vested

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vest·ed  (vstd)
adj.
1. Law Settled, fixed, or absolute; being without contingency: a vested right.
2. Dressed or clothed, especially in ecclesiastical vestments.
vested [ˈvɛstɪd]
adj
(Law) Property law having a present right to the immediate or future possession and enjoyment of property Compare contingent
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.vested - fixed and absolute and without contingency; "a vested right"
unconditional, unconditioned - not conditional; "unconditional surrender"
Translations
vested [ˈvestɪd] ADJ [right] → inalienable
vested interest → interés m personal
to have a vested interest in sth → tener un interés personal en algo
vested interests → intereses mpl creados


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All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
The Constitution of The United States by History Documents View in context
The episode meant more to him than being bested in play by the best swordsman in England--for that surely was no disgrace--to Henry it seemed prophetic of the outcome of a future struggle when he should stand face to face with the real De Montfort; and then, seeing in De Vac only the creature of his imagination with which he had vested the likeness of his powerful brother-in-law, Henry did what he should like to have done to the real Leicester.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Its powers are vested in a diet representing the component members of the confederacy; in the emperor, who is the executive magistrate, with a negative on the decrees of the diet; and in the imperial chamber and the aulic council, two judiciary tribunals having supreme jurisdiction in controversies which concern the empire, or which happen among its members.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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