Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To exclude from inheritance or the right to inherit.
- transitive verb To deprive of a natural or established right or privilege.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deprive of an inheritance or of the right to inherit; prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of property or right which by law or custom would devolve on him in the course of descent, as by an adverse will or other act of alienation, or by right of conquest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.
- transitive verb To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
exclude frominheritance ; todisown .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some wills and trusts include "no-contest" clauses that actually disinherit heirs who attempt to challenge the documents.
Wills: How to Give One Child Less Rachel Emma Silverman 2011
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Mr. Giamatti's Chertkov is the engine of discord between Tolstoy Christopher Plummer and his wife, Sofya, who would prefer that the Count not disinherit her and leave all his money to the religious foundation for which Chertkov is lobbying.
'Win Win' 1, Sports Clichés 0 John Anderson 2011
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And sometimes too to disinherit the entire female line. wÓÒ † Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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I know nothing of Texas probate law but I find it odd that a testator can completely disinherit a spouse.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Decision in Marshall v. Stern (formerly Marshall v. Marshall): 2010
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Halfway through At Last, Patrick learns that despite all his mother's insistent neglect she has failed to disinherit him completely.
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The way to handle this was simply to disinherit any child not born of a proper marriage.
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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He was also on bad terms with his son, having discovered he was a homosexual, and was threatening to disinherit him.
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They are walls that hinder hungry Iranian youths from achieving their potential; barricades that impede labor from organizing, and separate the general populace from the dividends of Iran's natural resources; there is a cyber wall that restricts the Internet, and barriers that disinherit the Iranian people of their historical legacy of democratic and human freedoms.
Ayatollah Khamenei, Tear Down These Walls Goli Ameri 2010
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They are walls that hinder hungry Iranian youths from achieving their potential; barricades that impede labor from organizing, and separate the general populace from the dividends of Iran's natural resources; there is a cyber wall that restricts the Internet, and barriers that disinherit the Iranian people of their historical legacy of democratic and human freedoms.
Ayatollah Khamenei, Tear Down These Walls Goli Ameri 2010
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They are walls that hinder hungry Iranian youths from achieving their potential; barricades that impede labor from organizing, and separate the general populace from the dividends of Iran's natural resources; there is a cyber wall that restricts the Internet, and barriers that disinherit the Iranian people of their historical legacy of democratic and human freedoms.
Ayatollah Khamenei, Tear Down These Walls Goli Ameri 2010
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