To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.

To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.

A provision in a will which denies inheritance to someone who would usually inherit property.

prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

Cutting a person off from his or her inheritance in an estate where he or she would have been a natural heir.

To deprive someone of the right to inherit an estate or portion of an estate.

To prevent someone from inheriting from you.

To deprive someone of an inheritance. Parents of handicapped children may do this to prevent the state from imposing cost-of-care liability on their child's assets.

To deprive someone of the right to inherit in your will.

The owner of an estate deprives a person that would inherit that estate of the inheritance.