divestiture

nouns

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"
divestiture
is derived from
divest
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
jurisprudence, law
is a type of (narrower)
a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
court order
the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
divestiture
is derived from
divest
is a type of (narrower)
a particular instance of selling
"he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed"
sale