English Explanatory Dictionary

disgavel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant

Word forms

disgavel disgavels disgaveling disgavelling disgaveled disgavelled

Etymology

See dis- and gavelkind.

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