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English
Etymology
See dis- and gavelkind.
Verb
disgavel (third-person singular simple present disgavels, present participle disgavelling, simple past and past participle disgavelled)
- (UK, law, transitive) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant[1]
References
- ^ Alexander M Burrill (1850–1851) “DISGAVEL”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: , volume (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, , →OCLC.