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divestiture
noun
The sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
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noun
The sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
noun
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
“The court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly”
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The court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly
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