Definition of inherit

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Inherit (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown..

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Transmission :: Transmission (n.) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it..
Freeborn :: Freeborn (a.) Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.
Hereditably :: Hereditably (adv.) By inheritance.
Inheritability :: Inheritability (n.) The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution..
Exhereditation :: Exhereditation (n.) A disinheriting; disherison.
Cleronomy :: Cleronomy (n.) Inheritance; heritage.
Inofficious :: Inofficious (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..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit..
Inherit :: Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance..
Patrimony :: Patrimony (n.) A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir..
Disheritor :: Disheritor (n.) One who puts another out of his inheritance.
Patrimonial :: Patrimonial (a.) Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate..
Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
Acquest :: Acquest (n.) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance..
Heirship :: Heirship (n.) The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting..
Purchaser :: Purchaser (n.) One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance..
Hereditable :: Hereditable (a.) Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
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