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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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Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To put in possession of.

Coparcener :: Coparcener (n.) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.

Primogeniture :: Primogeniture (a.) The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue..

Appendant :: Appendant (n.) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.

Portion :: Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance..

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..

Forisfamiliate :: Forisfamiliate (v. i.) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.

Disherit :: Disherit (v. t.) To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance..

Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities..

Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity..

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..

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement..

Acquest :: Acquest (n.) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance..

Coheir :: Coheir (n.) A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.

Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

Coparcenary :: Coparcenary (n.) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance.

Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.

Rightful :: Rightful (a.) Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority..

Disinheritance :: Disinheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison..