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Definition of Disinherit

Disinherit
Disinherit Dis`in*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting.] [Cf. Disherit, Disheir.] 1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! --South. 2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess. And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. --Milton.

Meaning of Disinherit from wikipedia

- where a person cannot be legally disinherited (such as the United States state of Louisiana, which allows disinheritance only under specifically enumerated...
- The Disinherited is a 1933 proletarian novel written by Jack Conroy. Conroy wrote it initially as nonfiction, but editors insisted he fictionalize the...
- Jesus and the Disinherited is a 1949 book by African-American minister, theologian, and civil rights leader Howard Thurman. In the book, Thurman interprets...
- The Disinherited (Spanish: Los Desheredados) was a Spanish clandestine anarchist group that defended the use of violence framed in the doctrine of propaganda...
- Educating the Disfranchised and Disinherited is a 1999 biography of American General Samuel Chapman Armstrong and his ****ociated normal school for freedmen...
- The Parti des déshérités de Madagascar (PADESM, "Party of the Disinherited of Madagascar") was a political party active in Madagascar from June 1946 into...
- daughter, Liza. In his final years, Maugham made an unsuccessful attempt to disinherit his daughter and to adopt Searle as his son. Following Maugham's death...
- Her attempt to gain the inheritance fails, as before his death, Moses disinherited her from his will. She is soon exposed for her murder of Moses thanks...
- decedent's estate is that portion of the estate from which he cannot disinherit his children, or his parents, without sufficient legal cause. The word...
- portion of the decedent's estate from which the immediate family cannot be disinherited. From the French héritier legitime (rightful heir). levavi oculos I will...