• (v. t.) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands.
Dis·gav'el transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disgaveled or Disgaveled ; present participle & verbal noun Disgaveling .] [ See Gavelkind .] (Eng. Law) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind ten...
to free from the tenure of gavelkind: to disgavel an estate.