DISSIPATION

dissipation,n. The use of an asset for an illegal or inequitable purpose, such as a spouse’s use

of  community  property  for  personal  benefit  when  a  divorce  is  imminent.  [Cases:  Divorce

252.3(1). C.J.S. Divorce §§ 514–519, 527, 529, 553, 555, 560–561, 563, 565, 567–568, 570–571.]

— dissipate,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]