be vested

Example Sentences

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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

Under WA Cares, all workers in the state would be required to pay into the system and after 10 years they’d be vested and could receive $36,500 toward in-home care needs.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 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

"The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court and certain inferior tribunals."

From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Van Buren, Martin