disgavel (third-person singular simple present disgavels, present participle disgavelling, simple past and past participle disgavelled)
(UK, legal, transitive) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*gav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgaveled or Disgaveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgaveling.] Etym: [See Gavelkind.] (Eng. Law)
Definition: To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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