disallowmentn.

1769 J. Brown Dict. Holy Bible II. 490/1 In thy disallowment of remaining defilement.., art thou, dear object of my love, all fair.

1845 Brit. & Foreign Anti-slavery Reporter 28 May 95/1 The Committee have pointed out the true character of these ordinances..and have suggested their disallowment.

1884 J. H. McCarthy Eng. under Gladstone xiv. 290 The disallowment roused a strong display of public feeling in all the Australian colonies.

1912 Hearings Comm. Naval Affairs (U.S. Congr. House of Representatives) 9 Disallowments out of the appropriations for pay of the Navy.

1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 July 32/1 Disallowment of Payment. The London Panel Committee has recently had reported to it by the Insurance Committee the appeals of ten practitioners against decisions to disallow payment.

2003 S. Aronowitz How Class Works 106 Bush's victory in Florida..occurred in the face of the wholesale disallowment by election officials of ballots cast in some heavily pro-Gore districts.