 divestiture |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (law,writing) an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior | |
| Examples: | "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly" |
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| Related terms: | court_order law | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (business) the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division | |
| Related terms: | sale divest | |
