disherison
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of disherison
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French desheriteison, derivative of deseriter to disinherit; see disherit
Example Sentences
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He thinks, therefore, the curia and pares were to be judges in all cases of life and limb, or disherison of heir, where the crown was the prosecutor.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
You will find, sir, that the author of the law has not conferred the right of disherison upon any father against any son upon any pretext.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
Yet these are just the offences for which the law contemplates disherison.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
Is not the dissolution of society a disherison of the crown?
From James Otis, the pre-revolutionist by Ridpath, John Clark
O never-rejecting roof of blue, Whose rash disherison never falls On us unthinking prodigals, Yet who convictest all our ill, 50 So grand and unappeasable!
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
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