The act or process of disinheriting someone; formal exclusion from an inheritance.
From Latin exheredatio, the noun form of exheredare. Became a specific legal term in English through Norman French influence on medieval law.
In ancient Rome, exheredation required specific legal language and witnesses—it was so serious that mishandled exheredation could be overturned, making it a complex legal procedure long before modern inheritance law!
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