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dev·a·sta·vit | \ ˌde-və-ˈstā-vit \
Legal Definition of devastavit
1 : mismanagement or waste of the assets in the estate of a deceased person by the fiduciary in charge of the estate (as the executor)
2 : a common-law writ seeking a remedy for devastavit
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