disgavel
English
Etymology
See dis- and gavelkind.
Verb
disgavel (third-person singular simple present disgavels, present participle disgavelling, simple past and past participle disgavelled)
- (Britain, law, transitive) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant.
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