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(property law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation.

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devastavit

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devastavit

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌdiːvəˈsteɪvɪt/

Noun

(property law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation.

Japanese Meaning

遺言執行者や管理者による、故人の資産の浪費または不適切な使用（相続財産の不正な扱い） / 荒廃、破壊

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The beneficiaries filed suit after discovering a devastavit by the executor that had depleted the estate.

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相続人たちは、遺言執行者による遺産の浪費が遺産を枯渇させていることを発見して訴訟を起こした。

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(property law) 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.

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