disgavel

American

[dis-gav-uhl] / dɪsˈgæv əl /

verb (used with object)

English Law.

disgaveled, disgaveling, disgavelled, disgavelling

to free from the tenure of gavelkind.

to disgavel an estate.

Etymology

Origin of disgavel

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

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disgavelled

On his decease they descended to Thomas Harman, esq., his son; who, among others, procured his lands to be disgavelled, by the act of the 2 & 3 Edw.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by John Awdeley

In Kent all land is presumed to be holden by this tenure until the contrary is proved, but some lands have been disgavelled by particular statutes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

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