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.
Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally.
The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.
Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent.