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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Exhereditate, v. [med. L. exhereditare.] tr. To disinherit. —1665 Decis. Lords G. 98.
The defunct was sanæ mentis, and did expresly exhereditate the nearest of kin, as persons not deserving at his hands
