disimpropriate

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ impropriate

Verb

disimpropriate (third-person singular simple present disimpropriates, present participle disimpropriating, simple past and past participle disimpropriated)

1. In ecclesiastical law, to remove (ecclesiastical property) from control or management of a layperson.
   • 1856, Charles Abbot Stevens, Remarks on the rating of tithe commutation rent-charge:

     Suppose now that I disimpropriate the tithe, and as Patron present myself. The case is in no wise altered. The proposing Tenant will still offer me, as Parson, a rent diminished by the value of the labour he is required to provide.

   • 1859, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works, page 354:

     So if a man be seised of an advowson, and take a wife, and after title of dower given he join in impropriating the church, and dieth; now because the feme cannot have the third turn because of the perpetual incumbency, she shall have all the turns during her life: for it shall not be disimpropriated to the benefit of the heir contrary to the grant of tenant in fee-simple.

   • 1880, Francis Lieber, The Miscellaneous Writings of Francis Lieber:

     First the sea disimpropriates all property, even during peace; and only special agreement with particular states could somewhat protect it.

Adjective

disimpropriate (comparative more disimpropriate, superlative most disimpropriate)

1. Of ecclesiastical property: removed from control or management by a layperson.
   • 1828, Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities, An Account of Public Charities in England and Wales:

     The will of the donor was that the company to whom this bequest was entrusted should purchase the inheritance of some impropriate benefice or parsonage, allowing a competent sum to the minister, for his maintenance; and the remaining profits to accumulate till the stock again amounted to £2000, when the entire profits of the disimpropriate benefice should be allowed the rector, or parson; and a new purchase of an impropriate benefice to be made out of the accumulated stock.