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▪ I. ˈvesting, n.
[f. vest n. 3 b.]
Cloth or material for making vests or waistcoats. Usually in pl.
1813Weekly Reg. IV. 295/1 For the best and handsomest fancy vesting, of cotton..a premium..of..forty dollars. 1828Webster, Vesting, cloth for vests; vest patterns. United States. 1851Catal. Gt. Exhib. iii. 495/1 Chinese prints for vestings. Ibid., Angora velvet plushes for vestings. 1889Textile News 20 Sept., Advt., Damasks, Vestings, Piques, Twills. 1892Daily News 5 Dec. 2/4 The Berlin vesting is still much liked, as it is produced in such pleasing combinations of colour.
▪ II. ˈvesting, vbl. n.
[f. vest v. + -ing1.]
1. The action or fact of investing, confirming, or establishing, esp. by legal process.
1596Bacon Max. Com. Law ix. (1630) 42 But that holdeth place onely upon the first vesting of the vse. 1611Cotgr., Vesture,..a vesting, inuesting, or putting into possession of. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 798 This Christian Resurrection of Life, is the Vesting and Setling of the Souls of Good men, in their..Immortal Bodies. 1729Jacob Law Dict. s.v. Remainder, The Vesting of the Estate in the Crown, during the Life of the Father. 1826G. Bell Comm. Laws Scot. (ed. 5) II. 609 Of some Points in the Vesting of Estates in Trust, Judicial or Voluntary. 1827Jarman Devises II. 217 The Court held..that the adverbs of time, when, &c. do not make any thing necessary to precede the settling (i.e. the vesting) of the remainder. 1880Muirhead Ulpian xxiv. §23 It is requisite that, when the time of vesting arrives, the legatee shall be no longer in the heir's potestas.
attrib.1700Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 631 Yesterday the lords..went thro most part of the land tax and Irish forfeiture bill; postponed the first clause, called the vesting clause. 1922Act 12 & 13 Geo. V §188. 238 In relation to settled land, ‘vesting deed’ or ‘vesting order’ means the instrument whereby the land is conveyed or vested; ‘vesting assent’ means the instrument whereby a personal representative, after the death of a tenant for life..vests the land in the successor in title..; ‘vesting instrument’ means a vesting deed, assent or order. 1948Secretary July 180 (heading) Vesting day, 1st April, 1948. 1950Engineering 24 Mar. 318/3 It is difficult to forecast whether or not the iron and steel industry will..pass into State ownership on the vesting date, January 1, 1951. 1964Financial Times 23 Mar. (Defence Suppl.) 14/5 With ‘vesting day’ only a few days off, staffs are still settling down. 1967Economist 1 Apr. 21/2 For compulsory purchase, the commission may use a procedure called the ‘vesting declaration’ which virtually cuts out conveyancing, while granting a firm title. 1977Belfast Tel. 19 Jan. 7/2 A vesting order for the land was signed on February 12 last. 1982Equity & Law Life Ann. Rep. 1981 16 Vesting bonus of 30% of the total pension will be allotted to personal pension deferred annuities.
2. The action or process of putting on, or investing with, vestments. Also attrib.
1648W. L. Newes fr. Turkie 9 To hinder his Lordships Vesting. c1660Jer. Taylor Serm. Wks. 1831 IV. 144 That observation of St. Jerome made concerning the vesting of the priests in the Levitical ministrations. 1879Simmons Lay-Folks Mass-bk. 164 The subsequent directions prove that this vesting was not at the altar. 1905Times 27 Sept. 4/2 Liturgical vestments are worn..and the vesting prayers used in the Church of Rome. |