† disheritancen.
Obsolete.
The act of disinheriting; disinheritance.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > disinheritance
disherisonc1290
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disheritancea1450
exheredation1515
disinheritance1540
disinherison1543
disinheriting1583
exhereditation1583
disinheritation1835
disheritment1881
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxix. l. 85 It was cawse of here disheritaunce.
1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student i. f. iiiiv That alyenacyon is to his dysherytaunce, and therefore it is a forfeyture of his estate.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 195 in Justice Vindicated Infinite losses and disheritances are like to ensue to the founders of the said houses..and their heirs.
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