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Devastavit

//ˌdiːvəˈsteɪvɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    In full, writ of devastavit: a writ issued against an executor or administrator claiming compensation for such misapplication of assets.

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēvastāvit (“he has wasted”), from dēvastāre, from dēvastō (“I devastate, I lay waste”), from de- + vastāre (from vastō (“I devastate, I lay waste, I ravage”), from vastus (“deserted, wasted”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂st- (“empty; wasted”)).

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