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Hereditable :: Hereditable (a.) Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable.

Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.

Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office..

Heir :: Heir (v. t.) To inherit; to succeed to.

Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent..

Disheir :: Disheir (v. t.) To disinherit.

Heirship :: Heirship (n.) The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting..

Inheritrix :: Inheritrix (n.) Same as Inheritress.

Heirdom :: Heirdom (n.) The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals..

Breed :: Breed (n.) A race or variety of men or other animals (or of plants), perpetuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance..

Inherited :: Inherited (imp. & p. p.) of Inheri.

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..

Parage :: Parage (n.) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition 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..

Heritage :: Heritage (a.) That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance..

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

Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities..

Disinherited :: Disinherited (imp. & p. p.) of Disinheri.

Patrimonially :: Patrimonially (adv.) By inheritance.

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