Crossword clues for disinheritance
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disinheritance \Dis`in*her"it*ance\, n. The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.
Wiktionary
n. The act of disinheriting
WordNet
n. the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
Usage examples of "disinheritance".
But as he refused to listen to his conscience, his parents, much against their will, were forced to visit him with the punishment of disinheritance, which he had brought upon himself.
As for her, when she heard that the act of disinheritance was not to be drawn up, her tears were changed to tears of joy.
After a while, he addressed the relations and said, “Although I have frequently been threatened with disinheritance, and although in those days I made light of it, to-night, when I heard that this family council had assembled, I somehow or other felt my heart beset by anxiety and grief.
First we must lift the curse of our disinheritance, then we shall see.
Needless to say, Polly wasn't taken in by either Lord Benjamin or his tales of disinheritance, and she said so in no uncertain manner whenever the opportunity arose, but Hordwell brushed her protests aside as he endeavored to secure the match of his dreams.
A few discreet inquiries soon elicited the information that Lord Benjamin had indeed been lying about his elder brother's supposed disinheritance, which meant that Polly would never have been Duchess of Lawless.