discontinuorn.
/ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊə/, U.S. /ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjuər/ Law. Now historical.
A tenant in tail who discontinues (discontinue v. 3a) an estate. Cf. discontinuee n.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > one who transfers property to another > causing a discontinuance
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discontinuor1628
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. iii. xii. f. 352 In the case of the Feme Couert, she may be remitted in the life of the Discontinuor, because she hath a present right.
1700 Baron & Feme xv. 152 She is remitted in the Life of the Discontinuor, because she hath a present Right, but not so of the Issue in Tail.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 178 The law will not suppose the discontinuor to have aliened the estate without power so to do, and therefore leaves the heir in tail to his action at law, and permits not his entry to be lawful.
1849 J. E. Bright Treat. Law Husband & Wife II. App. 477 There was an exception..arising from the nature of the estate which the discontinuor had at the time of the discontinuance.
1992 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 36 84 As the doctrine goes, a discontinuor's son will have a right to the discontinued title and be able to sue for it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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