Exheredation

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

  Exheredation \Ex*her`e*da"tion\, n. [L., exheredatio: cf. F.
     exh['e]r['e]dation.]
     A disinheriting; disherison. [R.]
  
     Syn: exhereditation. [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EXHEREDATION, civil law. The act by which a forced heir is deprived of his 
  legitimate or legal portion which the law gives him; disinherison. (q.v.)