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disgavel

[ dis-gav-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

, English Law.
, dis·gav·eled, dis·gav·el·ing or (especially British) dis·gav·elled, dis·gav·el·ling.
  1. to free from the tenure of gavelkind:

    to disgavel an estate.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of disgavel1

First recorded in 1675–85; dis- 1 + gavel 2

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