disentailn.
The act of disentailing or breaking an entail.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > entailing or entail > breaking of entail
disentailment1848
disentail1861
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 807/2 An heir..is not entitled to give consent to a disentail, in opposition to the creditors in such debts.
1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 101 §112 The execution of a deed of disentail.
1884 Weekly Notes 22 Nov. 210/2 The power of sale in the will was destroyed by the disentail.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
disentailv.
/dɪsɪnˈteɪl/ 1. transitive (Law.) To free from entail; to break the entail of (an estate); see entail n.2
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > entail > cut off entail
discontinue1426
disentail1848
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 645/2 The disentailing deed must be enrolled.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvii. 129 [A] disentailing assurance.
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 807/1 An heir born after that date [Aug. 1848] is entitled to disentail the estate under the authority of the Court.
1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 807/1 The exercise of the power to disentail.
1885 Sir N. Lindley in Law Times Rep. 53 609/2 He intended to disentail everything which he took under the will of his ancestor.
1896 N.E.D. at Disentail Mod. Part of the estate has been disentailed.
a. To divest, dispossess, deprive of.
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of)
benimc890
to do of ——eOE
bedealc1000
disturbc1230
bereavec1275
reave?a1300
acquitc1300
benemec1300
deprivec1330
privea1382
subvertc1384
oppressc1395
abridgea1400
to bate of, from1399
lessa1400
nakena1400
dischargea1425
privatec1425
to bring outa1450
abatec1450
sever?1507
spulyie?1507
denude1513
disable1529
distrain1530
destituec1540
destitutec1540
defalk1541
to turn out of ——1545
discomfit1548
wipe1549
nude1551
disannul?a1556
bereft1557
diminish1559
benoom1563
joint1573
uncase1583
rid1585
disarm1590
visitc1592
ease1600
dispatch1604
unfurnisha1616
rig1629
retrench1640
unbecomea1641
disentail1641
cashier1690
twin1722
mulct1748
fordo1764
to do out of ——1796
to cut out1815
bate1823
deprivate1832
devoid1878
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 47 With much more reason undoubtedly ought the censure of the Church be quite devested and disintal'd of all jurisdiction whatsoever.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)]
to let awaya1000
forcast?c1225
to lay downc1275
forthrow1340
flita1375
removea1382
to cast away1382
understrewc1384
castc1390
to lay awaya1400
to lay asidec1440
slingc1440
warpiss1444
to lay from, offc1480
way-put1496
depose1526
to lay apart1526
to put off1526
to set apart1530
to turn up1541
abandonate?1561
devest1566
dispatch1569
decarta1572
discard1578
to make away1580
to fling away1587
to cast off1597
doff1599
cashier1603
to set by1603
moult1604
excuss1607
retorta1616
divest1639
deposit1646
disentail1667
dismiss1675
slough1845
shed1856
jettison1869
shake1872
offload1900
junk1911
dump1919
sluff1934
bin1940
to put down1944
shitcan1973
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety viii. 192 To disintail those two most inestimable Blessings, of a pure Religion and outward Peace, which our immediate Progenitors left us.
Derivatives
disenˈtailing adj.
ΚΠ
1848Disentailing [see sense 1]. 1858Disentailing [see sense 1].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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