devastavit

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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