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Divestiture

Divestiture Meaning & Definition
Divestiture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Divestiture?

[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"

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See Also | court order

Divestiture In Webster's Dictionary

\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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