disentitle

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

Gertrude had done nothing to disentitle her to a child's part, and a child's protection; and even had she done so, Mrs. Woodward was not a woman to be unforgiving to her child.

From The Three Clerks by Trollope, Anthony