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Vested

Accrued; fixed; settled; absolute; having the character or giving the rights of absolute ownership; not contingent; not subject to be defeated by a condition precedent. See Scott v. west, 63 wis. 529, 24 N. W; 161; McGillis v. McGillis, 11 App. Div. 359, 42 N. Y. Supp. 924; Smlth v. Pros-key, 39 Mlsc. Rep. 385, 79 N. Y. Supp. 851

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)