exheredationn.
/ɛkshɛrɪˈdeɪʃən/ The action of exheredating or disinheriting; disinheritance; an instance of this.
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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
disheriting1388
disheritancea1450
exheredation1515
disinheritance1540
disinherison1543
disinheriting1583
exhereditation1583
disinheritation1835
disheritment1881
1515 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 12 Ye same ground [they] have..inclosed to their owne use in exheredation and gret priudice..unto ye Mayr.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 41 The trespas of the sonne or of the heire, sall not be ane cause of exheredation of the father.
1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 47 For the many Exheredations that hapned: Their Guardianshipp was conferred..upon the King.
1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) (at cited word) By the ancient Roman law, the father might pronounce exheredation without any cause.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 95 A general sentence of forfeiture or ‘exheredation’ was issued.
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