Verb (used with object) : the disinherited peoples of the earth. From Dictionary.com.
But the threat of disinheritance was not forthcoming. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
So Sherry was given a choice: annulment or disinheritance. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Moved A Mountain]
Charles must accept his father's decision on pain of disinheritance. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
The note of permanency in the chronic rite of disinheritance was startling. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
Planners say that same inadvertent disinheritance could hit charitable beneficiaries too. From Wordnik.com. [Estate-Tax Lapse Could Hurt Charity] Reference
Thus the probable disinheritance of Massin, Cremiere, and the post master was the news of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Ursula] Reference
With one voice they freely condemned her disinheritance and the persecutions she had had to suffer. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth: the Disinherited Daughter By E. Ben Ez-er] Reference
The Framlingham/Hertford grant was in compensation for Mary resigning herself to her disinheritance. From Wordnik.com. [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference
The last part concentrates on the disinheritance of the Cohen family and Sweet ‘N Low’s market loss. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet and Low (copy)] Reference
Not surprisingly, Mary would have trouble recruiting aristocratic staff after her disinheritance in 1536. From Wordnik.com. [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference
It focuses on the legal aspects of their disinheritance and destruction at the hands of the US government. From Wordnik.com. [Short Reviews] Reference
I do know that they were the beginning of my disinheritance — the way they are for other writers of their inheritance. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.] Reference
Before her disinheritance in 1536, Mary bore the title "my lady princess" analogous to the modern "princess royal"; e.g. From Wordnik.com. [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference
LEVITCH: That is true, but this is an unusual document because there ` s not one but there are two disinheritance clauses. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2007] Reference
Instead of the brilliant prospects in which she had been nurtured -- disinheritance met her on the one side, and ruin on the other!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
Jesse Lincoln's life was marked by scandals starting with her elopement with a baseball player and ending with her eventual disinheritance. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Lachman: The Last Lincolns] Reference
Will clause providing for the disinheritance of the unfortunate soul who challenges a devise with which he is unhappy in Surrogate's court. From Wordnik.com. [Define That Term #291] Reference
Those last two words, just a name and a title, but spoken so casually by the king himself, all but rescinded the disinheritance Tedric had passed on his son. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
Thessala, who sees him serve, reflects that he is wasting his Service; for he is serving to his own disinheritance, and this is a great sorrow and anxiety to her. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Persuasive measures will then accomplish more than all the efforts of the parent to prevent an unhappy union, by threats of disinheritance and expulsion from home. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Home] Reference
While Sonia and her friends drink strong coffee in continental cafes and sit in dark apartments full of heavy furniture, their children ponder their disinheritance. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.] Reference
What caused the disinheritance is that all incoming freshmen and transfer students are given a copy of a book to read, and no other, to create their "common experience.". From Wordnik.com. [Brooklyn College Alum Cuts School Out Of Will Over Reading Assignment] Reference
"Did he know of your uncle's hints of disinheritance?". From Wordnik.com. [The Gold Bag] Reference
In the face of her disinheritance, the shield-maiden was radiant. From Wordnik.com. [The Thrall of Leif the Lucky] Reference
Everard's particular chum, she took his disinheritance more hardly than. From Wordnik.com. [The Princess of the School] Reference
There was no threat of disinheritance, for there was nothing for him to inherit. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
The first-fruits of this was the withdrawal of the disinheritance; I was preserver, benefactor, everything. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02] Reference
He never carried out his threat of disinheritance, but died intestate, and thus the grandson came to his own. From Wordnik.com. [The Nebuly Coat] Reference
He was thinking of what weapon he had to prevent the marriage beyond that which was now useless -- disinheritance. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
In will-construction dispute, 5th DCA says NO to stepmother's attempted disinheritance of former husband's children. From Wordnik.com. [Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog] Reference
Let us next proceed to the actual reasons given for the disinheritance; let us inquire into the nature of the charge. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02] Reference
I think the law will have something to say to this disinheritance idea of yours; but until then -- take a job in your. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Woman] Reference
"Won't your leaving home give your step-mother and Peter the inside track, and lead, perhaps, to your disinheritance?". From Wordnik.com. [Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience] Reference
She had better obtain a definite right to his property by a marriage contract then threaten a whole family with disinheritance. From Wordnik.com. [The Celibates] Reference
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