FORISFAMILIATE

Etymology

Verb

forisfamiliate (third-person singular simple present forisfamiliates, present participle forisfamiliating, simple past and past participle forisfamiliated)

(intransitive, legal) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.

(transitive, legal) Of a father: to put (a son or daughter) in possession of land which the son or daughter accepts as their whole portion of the father's property.

Source: Wiktionary


Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forisfamiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Forisfamiliating.] Etym: [LL. forisfamiliatus, p.p. of forisfamiliater to forisfamiliate; L. foris abroad, without + familia family.] (LAw)

Definition: Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority. Blackstone.

Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate, v. i. (Law)

Definition: To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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