Vest″ed (?), a. 1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. “The vested priest.” Milton.
2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.
Vested legacy(Law), a legacy the right to which commences in præsenti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. Blackstone. — Vested remainder(Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. Blackstone.Kent.