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Disinvestiture Disinvestiture Dis`in*ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n.
The act of depriving of investiture. [Obs.] --Ogilvie.
Investiture Investiture In*ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n. [LL. investitura: cf.
F. investiture.]
1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being
invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also,
the right of so investing.
He had refused to yield up to the pope the
investiture of bishops. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin.
The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the
ceremony o? corporal investiture, or open delivery
of possession. --Blackstone.
3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment;
clothing; covering.
While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal
weeds. --Trench.
Superinvestiture Superinvestiture Su`per*in*vest"i*ture, n.
An outer vestment or garment. [R.] --Bp. Horne.
