disinheritable

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English

Etymology

From disinherit +‎ -able.

Adjective

disinheritable (comparative more disinheritable, superlative most disinheritable)

  1. That can be disinherited;
    • 1863, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times, and Other Papers, page 324:
      Heirs of Heaven they are, but disinheritable for their misdemeanour. Married still to Christ, but deserving to be divorced for their adulteries.
    • 1912, Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London:
      It was known as a fact that people from the lower ranks were ennobled and allowed to pass into the rank of samurai; in the same way, too, samurai were clearly disinheritable, and for any offence passed down into the ranks beneath them.
    • 2012, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, Keys to Galatians: Collected Essays, page 108:
      It was in no way parallel to a disinheritable natural son, who might mature badly. Legally, however, a will could be revoked at any time during the testator's life.
  2. That can be excluded from an inheritance.
    • 1923, A. Marsh, The Ten Pleasures of Marriage, page 14:
      Or else that by some subtle Contract of Matrimony, they indeavour to make the goods of each side disinheritable, &c. So that it appears among the friends, as if there could be nothing don in the matter.
    • 1937, The New Statesman and Nation - Volume 14, page 783:
      The fairest plan would be to enact a small “disinheritable” minimum — say , half the Scottish minimum - with power delegated to the Courts to increase the figure in cases where this amount could be proved inadequate

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