- 1. a. Indifferent to obligation or duty. Source: opted
- 2. a. Not officious; not civil or attentive. Source: opted
- 3. a. Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance. Source: opted
- 4. 1. Indifferent to obligation or duty. [Obs.] Thou drown'st thyself in inofficious sleep. B. Jonson. 2. Not officious; not civil or attentive. [Obs.] Jonhson. 3. (Law) Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance. "The inofficious testament." Blackstone. "An inofficious disposition of his fortune." Paley. Source: webster
- 5. Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty;unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard tonatural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived ofinheritance. "The inofficious testament." Blackstone. "An inofficiousdisposition of his fortune." Paley. Source: adambom
- 6. a. Indifferent to obligation or duty. a. Not officious; not civil or attentive. a. Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance. Source: ecdict
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