A writ formerly available to a wife after a divorce, for the recovery of the goods given with her In marriage. Mozley & Whitley.

In pleading. An action of replevin is said to be in the detinuit when the plaintiff acquires possession of the propertyclaimed by means of the writ. The right to retain Is, of

To be torn In pieces by horses. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 37.

The removal of property from one state to another upon a transfer of the title to it by will or inheritance. Frederickson v. Louisiana, 23 How. 445, 16 L. Ed. 577.

Any loss or harm suffered in person or property; e. g

To discover or lay open to the world. Matt. Westm. 1240.

Lat In the Roman law. A division of the as, containing eleven uncice or duodecimal parts; theproportion of eleven-twelfths. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note. See As.Dens solns heeredem faoere potest, non homo.

The act, or condition, of one who marries a wife after the death of a former wife.

An offender without sureties or pledges. Cowell.

Wasteful use of the property of a deceased person, as for extravagant funeral or other unnecessaryexpenses. 2 Bl. Comm. 508.

They have wasted. A term applied in old English law to waste byexecutors and administrators, and to the process issued against them therefor. Cowell.See DEVASTAVIT.

Lat He has wasted. The act of an executor or administrator in wastingthe goods of the deceased; mismanagement of the estate by which a loss occurs ; abreach of trust or misappropriation

A writ, now obsolete, directed to the king’s escheators when any ofthe king’s tenants in capite dies, and when his son and heir dies within age and in theking’s custody, commanding the

To deprive; to take away; to withdraw. Usually spoken of an authority,power, property, or title; as the estate is devested.Devest is opposite to invest. As to invest signifies to deliver the possession

In insurance. Varying from the risks insured against, as described inthe policy, without necessity or just cause, after the risk has begun. 1 Phil. Ins.

An Invention or contrivance; any result of desigu; as iu the phrase”gambling device,” which means a machine or contrivance of any kind for the playing ofan unlawful game of chance or hazard.

An instrument of torture, formerly used to extort confessions,etc. It was made of several Irons, which were fastened to the neck and legs,and wrenched together so as to break the back. Cowell.

Capable of being devised. 1 Pow. Dev. 105; 2 Bl. Comm. 373.

In practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper

A testamentary disposition of land or realty; a gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor. Scholle v. Scholle, 113 N. Y. 201, 21 N. E. 84;Ferebee