devastavit

Meaning

Noun

• Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation.
• In full, writ of devastavit: a writ issued against an executor or administrator claiming compensation for such misapplication of assets.

Related

Similar words

• devastation

Origin

• Borrowed from Medieval Latin devastavit ("he has waste#Verb"), from dēvastāre, from dēvastō, from de- + vastāre (from vastō, from vastus, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂st- ("[[empty; wasted")).