The legal process or act of breaking an entail and freeing property from restrictions.
From disentail + -ment (a suffix forming nouns from verbs, indicating an action or result). This is a legal term formed by adding the standard English noun-forming suffix to the verb 'disentail.'
Disentailment was a key part of America's founding ideals—getting rid of entails meant that anyone could theoretically own property and pass it on as they wished, not trapped by inherited legal restrictions favoring the eldest son.
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