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Webster 1913 Edition

(dĭs-hĕr′ĭt-ans)

Noun.

[Cf. OF.

desheritance

The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance.

[Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Noun.

The state of disheriting or of being disinherited.

disheritance

(obsolete) The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance.
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