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Disentailing Deed

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An assurance by which a tenant in tail bars his estate tail, so as to convert it into an estate in fee, either absolute or base. Disentailment is regulated by 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One wherein the tenant in tail conveys all his estate.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. An enrolled assurance barring an entail, pursuant to 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In English law. A deed by which a tenant in tail may alienate absolutely.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A deed by which a tenant in tail is enabled in It must be enro Ued