Disgaveled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disgavel \Dis*gav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disgaveled}or
     {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.


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