Legal Definition of vested. 1  1 : fully and absolutely established as a right, benefit, or privilege : not dependent on any contingency or condition; specifically : not subject to forfeiture if employment terminates before retirement vested pension benefits. 2  2 : having a vested interest a vested employee a vested beneficiary.
Thomas Jefferson was the President when the Louisiana Purchase  transaction was negotiated. The people who actually signed the  Purchase Treaty were James Monroe, Robert Liv â¦ ingston, and Barbe  Marbois.
Napoleon Bonaparte offered the Louisiana Territory to the United  States in 1803. Thomas Jefferson was the President at the time and  felt the opportunity was too good to pa â¦ ss up and made the purchase.