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disentitle

[dis-en-tahyt-l] / ˌdɪs ɛnˈtaɪt l /


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To begin with, the Justice Department should announce publicly what standard it applies to decide whether to ask a court to disentitle a defendant.

From Slate Jun. 6, 2019

Again, where a person has received money under circumstances which disentitle him to retain it, such as receiving payment of an account twice over, it can generally be recovered as a debt.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Nevertheless, it is childish to pretend that it is a crime in the Boers to continue fighting, or that they have done anything to disentitle them to the usages of civilised warfare.

From With Rimington by Phillipps, L. March

The priest had not stayed to hear the clause threatening to disentitle the tardy messenger.

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne

If not, she must go—” The priest had not stayed to hear the clause threatening to disentitle the tardy messenger.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

The prisoners having called no evidence, according to honourable custom having almost the force of law, the prosecution was disentitled to any rejoinder.

From The Wearing of the Green, or The Prosecuted Funeral Procession by Sullivan, A.M. (Alexander Martin)

It was quite fair: I had disentitled myself.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas

It is where a book at the outset is behind the knowledge of the day, or indeed rather not in advance of it, that it seems to be disentitled to respect.

From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Hazlitt, William Carew

You must not suppose that his holding the office of steward, or overseer, disentitled him to the privileges of the first-class cabin.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne




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