disgaveling

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disgaveling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disgavel \Dis*gav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgaveledor
     Disgaveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgaveling.] [See
     Gavelkind.] (Eng. Law)
     To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by
     which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant;
     -- said of lands. --Burrill.
     [1913 Webster]