Meaning | An order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful / wrongful behavior. |
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Example | "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly" |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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Broader | court order | A writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
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Spanish | enajenación |
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Catalan | alienació |
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Verbs | divest | take away possessions from someone |
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