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
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
Who could be vested with the authority to make that call, and according to which rules?
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2022
Constitution declares that the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford
