DE VASTO

By SovConn | July 7, 2014

de  vasto  (dee  vas-toh),  n.[Law  Latin  “of  waste”]  A  writ  allowing  a  reversioner  or

remainderman  to  compel  a  tenant  for  life  or  for  years  to  appear  and  answer  for  the  waste  and

resulting damage to the plaintiff’s inheritance. See WASTE (1). [Blacks Law 8th]

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