Inofficious

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

  Inofficious \In`of*fi"cious\, a. [L. inofficiosus: cf. F.
     inofficieux. See {In-} not, and {Officious}.]
     1. Indifferent to obligation or duty. [Obs.]
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              Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep. --B.


                                                    Jonson.
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     2. Not officious; not civil or attentive. [Obs.] --Jonhson.
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     3. (Law) Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to
        natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made
        without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child
        is unjustly deprived of inheritance. "The inofficious
        testament." --Blackstone. "An inofficious disposition of
        his fortune." --Paley.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INOFFICIOUS, civil law. This word is frequently used with others; as, 
  inofficious testament, inofficiosum testamentum; inofficious gift, donatio 
  inofficiosa. An inofficious testament is one not made according to the rules 
  of piety; that is, one made by which the testator has unlawfully omitted or 
  disinherited one of his heirs. Such a disposition is void by the Roman civil 
  law. Dig. 5, 2, 5; see Code, 3, 29; Nov. 115; Ayl. Pand. 405; Civil Code of 
  Lo. art. 3522, n. 21.