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Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate..

Worth :: Worth (a.) Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.

Intestacy :: Intestacy (n.) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will..

Freehold :: Freehold (n.) An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held..

Demise :: Demise (v. t.) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease..

Demise :: Demise (n.) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter..

Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equally with others who are of the same degree of kindred..

Fortune :: Fortune (n.) Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune..

Credit Mobilier :: Credit mobilier () A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the credit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed..

Realty :: Realty (n.) Real estate; a piece of real property.

Appraiser :: Appraiser (n.) One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates..

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..

Domain :: Domain (n.) Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne..

Enjoyment :: Enjoyment (n.) The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate..

Landreeve :: Landreeve (n.) A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward..

Tiers Etat :: Tiers etat () The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; -- so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy..

Purparty :: Purparty (n.) A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener..

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (n.) One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate.

Partible :: Partible (a.) Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible..

Birthright :: Birthright (n.) Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born..

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