be vested

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Authority for issuing the orders is rooted in Article II of the US constitution, external, which states: "The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America."

From BBC • Jan. 20, 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

Meanwhile, House legislation would allow older workers set to retire soon but who wouldn’t yet be vested into the program to get some benefits, according to Rep. Nicole Macri, D-Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2022

Also that all fines inflicted in Jefferson county shall be vested in the same manner, the fund arising therefrom to be expended in the purchase of a lot and erecting buildings thereon for said schools.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben