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devastavit

noun/ˌdɛvəˈsteɪvɪt/

C2CEFR level
97/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A breach of duty by a personal representative that wastes or diminishes the assets of the estate, rendering him personally liable.

By paying a statute-barred debt the executor committed a devastavit and had to make good the loss.

Topic: Trusts & equity in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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