discontinuee
(dɪskənˌtɪnjuːˈiː)
In 6 -tinue.
[f. discontinue v. + -ee: corresp. in form to F. discontinué pa. pple.]
One to whom an estate is aliened to the ‘discontinuance’ of the heir in tail.
| 1574 tr. Littleton's Tenures 121 a, If the tenaunte in the taile discontinue the taile, and after he disseiseth his discontinue. a 1626 Bacon Max. & Uses Com. Law ix. (1636) 35 The Feme takes another husband, who takes a feoffement from the discontinuee to him and his wife. 1642 Perkins Prof. Bk. v. §397. 171 If the issue in taile doth disseise the discontinuee of his Father of the land entailed. 1818 Cruise Digest V. 186 He afterwards disseised the discontinuee. |