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Vestlet | n. [ Dim. of vest. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ] | Vested | a. 1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. “The vested priest.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests. [ 1913 Webster ] Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in praesenti, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
| Vested interest | . 1. a special personal interest, usually financial, in an existing system, law, or institution, which hinders a person from making objective decisions regarding that system, law, or institution. A vested interest may be one which benefits a relative, or, in an extended sense, one which defends a person's own reputation or previously expressed views. [ PJC ] 2. a right given to an employee by a pension plan, which cannot be taken away. [ PJC ] 3. pl. the persons, corporations, or other groups which benefit most (usually financially) from the existing system of institutions, laws, and customs. [ PJC ] | Vested school | . In Ireland, a national school which has been built by the aid of grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education and is secured for educational purposes by leases to the commissioners themselves, or to the commissioners and the trustees. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
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| | vested | (เวส'ทิด) adj. ยึดไว้แน่น, ยึดไว้โดยสม-บูรณ์, ครอบครองโดยสมบูรณ์, มีลัทธิ, สวมเสื้อ, สวมเสื้อคลุม, ไม่เปลี่ยนแปลง, Syn. absolute |
| | | | | vested interest | (n) (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another | vested interest | (n) groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit |
| Vested | a. 1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. “The vested priest.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests. [ 1913 Webster ] Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in praesenti, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
| Vested interest | . 1. a special personal interest, usually financial, in an existing system, law, or institution, which hinders a person from making objective decisions regarding that system, law, or institution. A vested interest may be one which benefits a relative, or, in an extended sense, one which defends a person's own reputation or previously expressed views. [ PJC ] 2. a right given to an employee by a pension plan, which cannot be taken away. [ PJC ] 3. pl. the persons, corporations, or other groups which benefit most (usually financially) from the existing system of institutions, laws, and customs. [ PJC ] | Vested school | . In Ireland, a national school which has been built by the aid of grants from the board of Commissioners of National Education and is secured for educational purposes by leases to the commissioners themselves, or to the commissioners and the trustees. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| | | 取れる | [とれる, toreru] (v1, vi, vt) (1) to come off; to be removed; (2) (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear; (3) (See 獲れる・1, 捕れる・1) to be caught; to be harvested; (4) to be interpreted (as); to be taken as; (5) (of balance, etc.) to be attained; (6) (potential form of 取る) (See 取る・1) to be obtainable; (P) #13,130 [Add to Longdo] | リスクマネー | [risukumane-] (n) risk money; money invested in high-risk, high-return, investments [Add to Longdo] | 獲れる;穫れる | [とれる, toreru] (v1) (1) (See 獲る・とる) to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; (2) to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield [Add to Longdo] | 刈り田;刈田 | [かりた, karita] (n) harvested rice field [Add to Longdo] | 刈り穂;刈穂 | [かりほ, kariho] (n) harvested grain; harvested rice ears [Add to Longdo] | 既得 | [きとく, kitoku] (adj-no, n) vested; already acquired [Add to Longdo] | 既得権 | [きとくけん, kitokuken] (n) vested rights; (P) [Add to Longdo] | 期待権 | [きたいけん, kitaiken] (n) expectant right (as opposed to a vested right); contingent right [Add to Longdo] | 採れる | [とれる, toreru] (v1) (1) (See 採る・2) to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be mined; (2) to be able to collect; to be able to mine [Add to Longdo] | 取れたて;取れ立て;採れたて;採れ立て | [とれたて, toretate] (n, n-adv) just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce) [Add to Longdo] |
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