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Definition of Disgavel
1. v. t. To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands.
Definition of Disgavel
1. to disinherit [v DISGAVELLED, DISGAVELLING, DISGAVELS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disgavel
Literary usage of Disgavel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1877)
"First of all the attempt was made during the reigns of John, Henry III., and
Edward I. to disgavel by exercise of a supposed royal prerogative, ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... having procured two acts of parliament ' disgavel- ling' his lands in Kent.
Ed ward VI had intended making him KB, but after Mary's ..."
3. On the Interpretation of Statutes by Peter Benson Maxwell, Alfred Bray Kempe (1896)
"... make them " descendible as lands at common law," was held to disgavel them
only for the purposes of descent (d). The section of the Annuity Act, 17 Geo. ..."
4. The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary: Comprising the Terms and Phrases of American by Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf (1922)
"237. And see "Expulsion." Also to deprive of the power of exercising the rights
of citizenship, such as voting or holding office. disgavel. In English law. ..."
5. The Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted by Frederick Stroud (1890)
"... all intents and purposes," and declaring that they should be "descendible as
lands at common law," was held only to disgavel qua descent ( Wiseman v. ..."
6. A Commentary on the Interpretation of Statutes by Sir Peter Benson Maxwell, Gustav Adolf Endlich (1888)
"... and purposes," and then went on to make them "descendible as lands at common
law," was held to disgavel them only for the purposes of descent (d). ..."
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