Forisfamiliate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FORISFAMILIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. FORISFAMILIATING.] [L. Lat. forisfamiliare, forisfamiliatum, from Lat. foris, abroad, without, and familia, family.] (Law.) To put out of a family; hence, to portion off so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate or free from paternal authority.

☞ A son was said to be forisfamiliated if his father assigned him part of his land, and gave him seisin thereof, and did this at the request or with the free consent of the son himself, who expressed himself satisfied with such portion. Burrill.