devastavit
Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastation.
Waſt may be committed by ſelling or confuſing the Teſtator's Goods, leaving debts unpaid. By […] not having enough to pay them by ſelling of the Teſtator's Goods at an undervalue if by Covin, but if upon a judgment the Sheriff ſell them at undervalue, this is no Devaſtavit in the Executor.
In full, writ of devastavit: a writ issued against an executor or administrator claiming compensation for such misapplication of assets.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēvastāvit (“he has wasted”), from dēvastāre, from dēvastō (“to devastate, lay waste”), from de- + vastāre (from vastō (“to devastate, lay waste, ravage”), from vastus (“deserted, wasted”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂st- (“empty; wasted”)).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry devastavit (CC BY-SA 4.0).