nnoun.communicationan order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behaviorTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Examples:- the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly
Derivationally Related Form:divest
Hypernyms:court order
Inherited Hypernyms:divestiturecourt orderwritlegal documentdocumentwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a divisionDerivationally Related Form:divest
Hypernyms:sale
Inherited Hypernyms:divestituresalesellingcommercetransactiongroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:divestituresalesellingcommercetransactiongroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity