Definition of Disinheritance

1. Noun. The act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit.

Generic synonyms: Discontinuance, Discontinuation
Derivative terms: Disinherit

Definition of Disinheritance

1. n. The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.

Definition of Disinheritance

1. Noun. The act of disinheriting ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disinheritance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disinheritance

disinformations
disinformative
disinformed
disinformer
disinformers
disinforming
disinforms
disingenuity
disingenuous
disingenuously
disingenuousness
disinhabited
disinherison
disinherisons
disinherit
disinheritance (current term)
disinheritances
disinherited
disinheriting
disinheritor
disinheritors
disinherits
disinhibit
disinhibited
disinhibiting
disinhibition
disinhibitions
disinhibitor
disinhibitors
disinhibitory

Literary usage of Disinheritance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Civil Law in Spain and Spanish-America: Including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and by Clifford Stevens Walton, Spain (1900)
"disinheritance. * Article 848. disinheritance shall only take place for one of ... disinheritance can only be effected by a testament mentioning therein the ..."

2. A History of French Private Law by Jean Brissaud (1912)
"disinheritance. I 471. Disqualification. § 472. The R61e of the Heir. an Inventory and deliberate. | 479. The Same. —(D) The privilege § 473. ..."

3. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the by P. L. Jacob (1876)
"PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS. FEUDAL AND MUNICIPAL. Elements of Feudalism.—Rights of Treasure-trove, Sporting, Safe Conducts, Ransom, disinheritance, &c. ..."

4. Translation of the Civil Code in Force in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines by Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Spain (1899)
"SECTION NINTH.—disinheritance. ART. 848. disinheritance can only take place for one of the reasons expressly fixed by law. ..."

5. The Progress of Continental Law in the Nineteenth Century by John Henry Wigmore, Edwin Montefiore Borchard, Frederick Pollock (1918)
"... in granting the liberty to effect family arrangements, and in the reestablishment of disinheritance. (1) Enlargement of Disposable Portion. ..."

6. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1905)
"Same: (3) Exception for "Rebutting an Equity" (Legacies, Advancements, and disinheritance). § 2476. Falsa Demonstratio nan Nocet; General Principle. § 2477. ..."

7. The Institutes of Justinian by John Thomas Abdy, Bryan Walker (1876)
"E. On the disinheritance or Omission of Children in a Testament. ... The Jus Civile therefore drew a distinction between omission and disinheritance. ..."

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