| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The act of forisfamiliating.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FORISFAMILIATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FORISFAMILIATION
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] When a child has received a portion of his father's estate, and renounces all title to a further shar, his act is called forisfamiliation, and he is said to be forisfamiliated.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Law | FORISFAMILIATION, law of Scotl. By this is understood the act by which a father gives to a child his share of his legitimacy, and the latter renounces all further claim. From this time, the child who has so received his share, is no longer accounted 4 child in the division of the estate. Ersk. Inst. 655, n. 23; Burt. Man. P. R. part 1, c. 2, s. 3, page 35. (references) | ||
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