The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of
corporal investiture, or open delivery of possession.
Blackstone.
3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing;
covering.
While we yet have on Our gross investiture of mortal weeds.
Trench.
In*vest"ive (?), a. Investing. [R.] Mir. for Mag.
In*vest"ment (?), n. 1. The act of investing, or the state of being
invested.