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Meaning of DIVESTITURE

Pronunciation:  di'vestichur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior; "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"
 

DIVESTITURE is a 11 letter word that starts with D.

 

 See Also: court order

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di*vest"i*ture\ (?; 135), n.
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being
divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of
property, rights, etc.

 

 

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