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Disgavel

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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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