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vested
[ ves-tid ]
vested
/ ˈvɛstɪd /
adjective
- See contingentproperty law having a present right to the immediate or future possession and enjoyment of property Compare contingent
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- non·vested adjective
- un·vested adjective
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Surely, for anyone with a vested interest in science, reason, and the idea of secular politics, this is deeply depressing news.
Sure, Hooters may have a vested financial interests in breasts—or rather, a very specific type of breast.
Likewise, local pro-China Hongkongers with vested economic interests could have taken part.
Look at Billy Carter, my sweater-vested companions sniff derisively; look at Clinton.
“[Patients] have a vested interest in seeing the product developed,” he says.
A distinguished-looking man, evidently vested with authority, bustled forward and addressed him, civilly enough.
The oath is sworn to himself; but He, and those whom he hath vested with office, will demand the fulfilment of it.
If exclusive authority to issue the call is vested in the directors, it cannot be exercised by the president and secretary.
The title to the bed of all lakes, ponds, and navigable rivers to the ordinary high-water mark is vested in the states.
Up to that date the civil executive authority in the organized provinces was vested in the military governor.
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