| n. | 1. | The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison. |
| Noun | 1. | disinheritance - the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit |
DISINHERITANCE. The act by which a person deprives his heir of an
inheritance, who, without such act, would inherit.
2. By the common law, any one may give his estate to a stranger, and
thereby disinherit his heir apparent. Coop. Justin. 495. 7 East, Rep. 106.