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Disinheritance; depriving one of an inheritance. Obsolete. Vide Disinherison. … [Read more...] about DISHERISON

One who disinherits, or puts another out of his freehold. Obsolete. … [Read more...] about DISHERITOR

In mercantile law and usage. To refuse or decline to accept a bill of exchange, or to refuse or neglect to pay a bill or note at maturity. Shelton v. Braithwaite, 7 Mees. A W. 436; Brewster v. Arnold, 1 Wis. 276. A negotiable instrument is dishonored when it is either not paid or not accepted, according to its tenor, on presentment for that purpose, or without presentment where … [Read more...] about DISHONOR

To set at liberty, to free from prison. … [Read more...] about DISINCARCERATE

civil law. The act of depriving a forced heir of the inheritance which the law gives him. 2. In Louisiana, forced heirs may be deprived of their legitime, or legal portion, and of the seisin granted them by law, for just cause. The disinherison must be made in proper form, by name and expressly, and for a just cause, otherwise it is null. 3. The just causes for which parents … [Read more...] about DISINHERISON