Vested Definition

vĕstĭd
adjective
Having full ownership rights, especially after certain conditions such as a period of service, have been met.
Vested stock options; an employee vested in a retirement account.
American Heritage

Including a vest.

Webster's New World
Not contingent upon anything; fixed; settled; absolute.
A vested right.
Webster's New World
Clothed; robed, esp. in church vestments.
Webster's New World
noun

An unconditional right of current or future enjoyment of title to and actual possession of property, whether personal or real. See also contingent.

Webster's New World Law
verb

Simple past tense and past participle of vest.

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Vested Sentence Examples

  • The judicial power is vested in a high court and many subordinate courts.

  • He is vested in surplice, stole and cope.

  • The more I have a personal vested interest in your success, the better.

  • All political power was vested in the noble class; the prince sank to a magistrate, keeping only some of the outward forms of sovereignty; the mass of the people were shut out altogether.

  • The same revolution vested supreme authority in a non-resident and inefficient autocrat, whose title gave him the right to interfere in Italian affairs, but who lacked the power and will to rule the people for his own or their advantage.

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VVEVES

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