forisfamiliate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate transitive verb
Etymology
LL. forisfamiliatus, p.p. of forisfamiliater to forisfamiliate; L. foris abroad, without + familia family.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Forisfamiliated ; present participle & verbal noun Forisfamiliating
Definitions
  1. (LAw) Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority. Blackstone.
Fo`ris*fa*mil"i*ate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. (Law) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.

Webster 1913