Disinherit

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( v. t.) To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.

(2): ( v. t.) 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.

King James Dictionary [2]

Disinherit, dis and inherit. To cut off from hereditary right to deprive of an inheritance 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. A father sometimes disinherits his children by will. In England, the crown is descendible to the eldest son, who cannot be disinherited by the will of his father.

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