disinherison


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disinherison

(ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛrɪzən)
n
(Law) archaic the deprivation of an inheritance
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The study nevertheless excludes "disinherison" cases from Louisiana in which testators have sought to deprive a descendant of the forced share (known as legitime) because the only statutory grounds for doing so involve misbehavior by the descendant, resulting in hostility.
For purposes of this article, the main revisions are broadened allowances for disinherison of forced heirs and a new calculation that reduces the amount of donations made during a decedent's life that are added back.