divestiture

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 106552854)
    "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: court order - a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
  2. The sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division (synset 101117338)
    is a type of: sale - a particular instance of selling

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