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▪ I. disentail, v.|dɪsɪnˈteɪl| Also 7 disin-. [f. dis- 6 + entail v.2] Hence disenˈtailing ppl. a. 1. trans. (Law.) To free from entail; to break the entail of (an estate); see entail n.2
1848Wharton Law Lex. 645/2 The disentailing deed must be enrolled. 1858Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvii. 129 [A] disentailing assurance. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 807/1 An heir born after that date [Aug. 1848] is entitled to disentail the estate under the authority of the Court. Ibid., The exercise of the power to disentail. 1885Sir N. Lindley in Law Times Rep. LIII. 609/2 He intended to disentail everything which he took under the will of his ancestor. Mod. Part of the estate has been disentailed. †2. To divest, dispossess, deprive of.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. iii. (1851) 158 With much more reason undoubtedly ought the censure of the Church be quite devested and disintal'd of all jurisdiction whatsoever. †b. To free oneself from, get rid of. Obs.
1667Decay Chr. Piety viii. ⁋26 To disintail those two most inestimable blessings, of a pure religion and outward peace, which our immediate progenitors left us. ▪ II. disenˈtail, n. [f. prec. vb.] The act of disentailing or breaking an entail.
1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 807/2 An heir..is not entitled to give consent to a disentail, in opposition to the creditors in such debts. 1868Act 31–2 Vict. c. 101 §112 The execution of a deed of disentail. 1884Weekly Notes 22 Nov. 210/2 The power of sale in the will was destroyed by the disentail. |