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  1. imp. & p. p. of Vest
  2. a. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
  3. a. Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.
  4. adj. fixed and absolute and without contingency
  5. 1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. "The vested priest." Milton. 2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests. Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in præsenti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. Blackstone. -- Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. Blackstone. Kent.
  6. Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vestedrights; vested interests. Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right towhich commences in præsenti, and does not depend on a contingency;as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years ofage is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator,his representative shall receive it. Blackstone.-- Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to adetermined person, after the particular estate is spent. Blackstone.Kent.
  7. j:100 s. fixed and absolute and without contingency