Disinherited

Mrs Qin inherited her millionaire husband's fortune under his last will, written just two months before he died, sparking a court fight with his disinherited daughter, Jill Langley.

So, know that the old wolf pack is disbanded, discombobulated, disheartened and disinherited.

Aldo Battista was a gambler, who stole money from his father and was disinherited by him in 1569.

As a result, James was sent to his father in Dublin and Lafcadio remained in the care of Sarah Brenane (Brenane had disinherited Charles Hearn because of the annulment).

At a final placitum held there, Louis gave Bavaria to Louis the German and disinherited Pepin II, leaving the entire remainder of the empire to be divided roughly into an eastern part and a western.

Che as well as Evita symbolize certain naive, but effective, beliefs: the hope for a better world; a life sacrificed on the altar of the disinherited, the humiliated, the poor of the earth.

Edward, refuses to comply and is immediately disinherited in favour of his brother, gaining widespread respect for his conduct, and sympathy from Elinor and Marianne who understand how much he has sacrificed.

Following the wedding she was indeed disinherited by her father.

For incest between mother and son, both were burned to death ; with a stepmother, the man was disinherited; with a daughter, the man was exiled; with a daughter-in-law, he was drowned; with a son's fiancée, he was fined.

For marrying outside the faith, Alfred was disinherited.

He dictates his will, which includes a provision that his niece will be disinherited if she marries a man who reads books of chivalry.

Henry's son was disinherited, and York or his heirs would become king on Henry's death.

In 1821, French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix painted a portrait depicting himself as the melancholy, disinherited Edgar Ravenswood.

Learning that Cordelia has been disinherited, the Duke of Burgundy withdraws his suit, but the King of France is impressed by her honesty and marries her nonetheless.

Maddicott (1994), pp. 346 7. The rebels had previously been completely disinherited, and their land taken into the king's hands.

Mr Barrett disinherited Elizabeth, as he did each of his children who married.

Older explanations compare the name with Old Frisian horning (Anglo-Saxon hornung-sunu, Old Norse hornungr) meaning "bastard, illegitimate son", taken to imply a meaning of "disinherited" in reference to February being the shortest of months.

Pepys had disinherited his nephew Samuel Jackson for marrying contrary to his wishes.

Prestwich (1988), p. 9. Gloucester had forced a change to the conditions of the Dictum, whereby the disinherited were allowed to recover their lands before they had paid their fines rather than after; an arrangement that made repayment much easier.

The Associated Press He disinherited two of his other children.