Devastavit in United States
Devastavit Definition
A mismanagement and waste by an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate and effects trusted to him as such, by which a loss occurs. Devastavit may be:
(1) By direct abuse, as when the executor, administrator, or trustee sells, embezzles, or converts to his own use the goods intrusted to him (Comyn, Dig. “Administration” [I 1]), releases a claim due to the estate (8 Bac Abr. 700; Hob. 266; Cro. Eliz. 43; 7 Johns. [N. Y.] 404; 9 Mass. 852), or surrenders a lease below its value
(2 Johns. Cas. [N. Y.] 376; S P. Wms. 330).
(2) By maladministration, as by the payment of claims which were not due nor owing, or by paying others out of the order in which they ought to be paid, or by the payment of legacies before all the debts are satisfied. 4 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 394; 5 Rawle (Pa.) 266.
(3) By neglect, as by neglect to sell the goods at a fair price within a reasonable time, or, if they are perishable goods, before they are wasted; or a neglect to collect a doubtful debt which, by proper exertion, might have been collected. Bac. Abr. “Executors” (L).
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A mismanagement and waste by an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate and effects trusted to him as such, by which a loss occurs. Devastavit may be:
(1) By direct abuse, as when the executor, administrator, or trustee sells, embezzles, or converts to his own use the goods intrusted to him (Comyn, Dig. “Administration” [I 1]), releases a claim due to the estate (8 Bac Abr. 700; Hob. 266; Cro. Eliz. 43; 7 Johns. [N. Y.] 404; 9 Mass. 852), or surrenders a lease below its value
(2 Johns. Cas. [N. Y.] 376; S P. Wms. 330).
(2) By maladministration, as by the payment of claims which were not due nor owing, or by paying others out of the order in which they ought to be paid, or by the payment of legacies before all the debts are satisfied. 4 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 394; 5 Rawle (Pa.) 266.
(3) By neglect, as by neglect to sell the goods at a fair price within a reasonable time, or, if they are perishable goods, before they are wasted; or a neglect to collect a doubtful debt which, by proper exertion, might have been collected. Bac. Abr. “Executors” (L).
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