disentail

American  

[dis-en-teyl] / ˌdɪs ɛnˈteɪl /

verb (used with object)

Law.

1. to free (an estate) from entail.

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disentail British  

/ ˌdɪsɪnˈteɪl /

verb

1. to free (an estate) from entail

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noun

1. the act of disentailing; disentailment

Other Word Forms

• disentailment
  noun

Etymology

Origin of disentail

First recorded in 1635–45; dis- ¹ + entail

Example Sentences

His boy, indeed, would take an estate tail—and could disentail whenever—if ever—he came of age.

From Wylder's Hand by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Sir James in 1849 obtained a disentail of the Scatwell estates, and soon after alienated or sold them.

From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Mackenzie, Alexander