Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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devastavit

[Latin "he (or she) has wasted"] A personal representative's failure to administer a decedent's estate promptly and properly, esp. by spending extravagantly or misapplying assets. 0 A personal representative who commits waste in this way becomes personally liable to those having claims on the assets, such as creditors and beneficiaries.