vested

vested
vest·ed /'ves-təd/ adj
1: fully and absolutely established as a right, benefit, or privilege: not dependent on any contingency or condition; specif: not subject to forfeiture if employment terminates before retirement
vested pension benefits
2: having a vested interest
a vested employee
a vested beneficiary

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

vested
I adjective bestowed, earned, empowered, endowed, established, owned, vouchsafed associated concepts: pension rights II index immutable, prescriptive

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


vested
adj.
Fixed; settled; secure in someone’s possession; having the right to present or future enjoyment; established or protected by law or contract.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


vested
An unconditional right or title. For example, if an employee must work for ten years before his pension becomes vested, then after ten years of employment he has unconditional right to that pension. During the ten years prior, his right to the pension was unvested.
Category: Employment Law & HR
Category: Personal Finance & Retirement
Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


vested
n. An unconditional right of current or future enjoyment of title to and actual possession of property, whether personal or real.
See also contingent.
@ vested interest
A current right or title to possess a thing, even though the actual possession may not take place until sometime in the future.
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Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

vested
adj.
   referring to having an absolute right or title, when previously the holder of the right or title only had an expectation. Example: after 20 years of employment Larry Loyal's pension rights are now vested.
   See also: vest, vested remainder

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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