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disentails

disentails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disentail.

Meaning of disentail

Verb

disentail (third-person singular simple present disentails, present participle disentailing, simple past and past participle disentailed)

  1. (archaic) To free from entailment.
    • If the estates of such heir in possession shall be sequestrated for debt incurred after the passing of this Act, the trustee on his estate shall be entitled to apply to the court for authority to disentail the estate, and the court shall proceed as under the former section.1883, Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac, page 179

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What is disentails the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disentails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disentail.

Words near disentails in the dictionary

  1. disentail
  2. disentailed
  3. disentailing
  4. disentailment
  5. disentailments
  6. disentails
  7. disentangle
  8. disentangled
  9. disentanglement
  10. disentanglements
  11. disentangler

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