Definition of "disherison" []

• The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance. (noun)

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• "In the early freedom of the law, Romans might disinherit without cause; later, this liberty was restricted to disherison for just cause, and a legitima, or statutory provision, was prescribed."
• "Further, disherison required exclusion from all heirs and from every degree."
• "Since disherison was required to be express, one conditionally instituted was only pretermitted."