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disentail
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dis·en·tail  (dsn-tl)
tr.v. dis·en·tailed, dis·en·tail·ing, dis·en·tails Law
To release (an estate) from entail.
disen·tailment n.
disentail [ˌdɪsɪnˈteɪl] Property law
vb
(Law) to free (an estate) from entail
n
(Law) the act of disentailing; disentailment
disentailment  n
Translations
disentail
vt (Jur) → das Fideikommiss (+gen), → auflösen


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Disentailment was a massive transfer of property that mainly benefited the middle and upper echelons of the bourgeoisie at the expense of the clergy and a large sector of the poor that relied on social services and education provided by the Church.
Exploring Cursileria by Wilhelmsen, Alexandra / Modern Age
Arrom finds that although bringing charitable institutions under direct state control was a centerpiece of the liberal Reform, the disentailment of corporate properties mandated by the 1856 Lerdo Law brought financial ruin on the Poor House.
Containing the Poor: The Mexico City Poor House, 1774-1871. (Reviews) by Blum, Ann S. / Journal of Social History
The disentailment of private, church and common lands, which began in the 1790s and continued sporadically (sometimes convulsively) for nearly a century, merely consolidated the existing patterns of land ownership or domination, rather than creating a new and innovative bourgeois agriculture.
Gentlemen Bourgeois and Revolutionaries: Political Change and ... by Payne, Stanley G. / Journal of Social History
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