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devastavit

Legal Definition of devastavit

Etymology

    Latin Origin

Noun

  1. "He has wasted." This is the technical word referring to a personal representative who has mismanaged the estate and allowed an avoidable loss to occur. This action opens the personal representative to personal liability for the loss.

Etymology

    Latin origin



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