Definition of Disentitle

1. v. t. To deprive of title or claim.

Definition of Disentitle

1. Verb. (transitive) To deprive of title. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disentitle

1. [v -TITLED, -TITLING, -TITLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disentitle

disenterring
disenthral
disenthrall
disenthralled
disenthralling
disenthrallment
disenthrallments
disenthralls
disenthralment
disenthralments
disenthrals
disenthrone
disenthroned
disenthrones
disenthroning
disentitle (current term)
disentitled
disentitles
disentitling
disentomb
disentombed
disentombing
disentombs
disentrail
disentrailed
disentrailing
disentrails
disentrance
disentranced
disentrances

Literary usage of Disentitle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A treatise on the law of landlord and tenant, as administered in Ireland by John Smith Furlong (1845)
"... without paying them over to the head landlord, was such a fraud as should disentitle the intermediate lessor to a renewal at his own suit. ..."

2. The Canada Law Journal by William S. Hein & Company (1889)
"... and that the breach of trust of which the solicitors had notice was not necessarily such a one as would disentitle the trustee to be indemnified for his ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law and Practice Relating to Vendors and Purchasers of by Joseph Henry Dart, William Barber, Sheldon, William Robert, 1857- (1888)
"in Equity, disentitle the mortgagee to prove against the Chap. XV. mortgagor's estate in an administration suit : but he will not - be allowed the ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Torts: Or the Wrongs which Arise Independently of by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, John Lewis (1907)
"Mere negligence or want of ordinary care and caution would not, however, disentitle him to recover, unless it were such that but for that negligence and ..."

5. The Southern Law Review by William S. Hein & Company (1880)
"To disentitle the plaintiff to recover, it'must be shown that the injury was occasioned entirely by his own negligence." ' If the child is old enough to ..."

6. The Law of Literature, Reviewing the Laws of Literary Property in by Appleton Morgan (1875)
"That the value of the property infringed is small does not disentitle the owner to an injunction;1 though it may be of such trifling value that the court ..."

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