The judicial power is vested in a high court and many subordinate courts.
He is vested in surplice, stole and cope.
The more I have a personal vested interest in your success, the better.
All political power was vested in the noble class; the prince sank to a magistrate, keeping only some of the outward forms of sovereignty; the mass of the people were shut out altogether.
The same revolution vested supreme authority in a non-resident and inefficient autocrat, whose title gave him the right to interfere in Italian affairs, but who lacked the power and will to rule the people for his own or their advantage.