disallow

present singular third person disallows · participle present disallowing · participle past disallowed · past disallowed · first person past singular disallowed · archaic present second person singular disallowest · past second person singular disallowed · archaic past second person singular disallowedst · present singular third person disallows · archaic present singular third person disalloweth · past singular third person disallowed · past plural disallowed · past subjunctive disallowed · participle present disallowing · participle past disallowed

1. To refuse to allow.

   The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.

2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.

   The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.

   1 more example

   England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.

   2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport

3. UKhistoricallawTo overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.