Disentail
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of freeing from entailment.
"A form of the instrument of disentail is appended to the Act of 1848."
- 1 To free from entailment. archaic
"If the estates of such heir in possession shall be sequestrated for debt incurred after the passing of this Act, the trustee on his estate shall be entitled to apply to the court for authority to disentail the estate, and the court shall proceed as under the former section."
Example
More examples"If the estates of such heir in possession shall be sequestrated for debt incurred after the passing of this Act, the trustee on his estate shall be entitled to apply to the court for authority to disentail the estate, and the court shall proceed as under the former section."
Etymology
From dis- + entail.
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