be vested

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"Accordingly, if sovereignty is to be vested in any nation, it must rightfully be the Maldives."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Article II says, “the executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Worse, unless Hamlin played three seasons, he wouldn’t be vested in the league’s benefits program that could provide care for him after such a frightening event.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2023

He points out that Wyoming has a statute under which “ownership of the space above the lands and waters of this state is declared to be vested in the several owners of the surface beneath.”

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2022

That the title to the island of Ventura should be vested in me personally for two years.

From Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California by Dixon, Thomas