Definition of inherit

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Inherit (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.

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Curtesy :: Curtesy (n.) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands..
Secundo-geniture :: Secundo-geniture (n.) A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited.
Inheritability :: Inheritability (n.) The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
Appendant :: Appendant (n.) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Coinheritor :: Coinheritor (n.) A coheir.
Disherison :: Disherison (n.) The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion..
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..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.
Disheritor :: Disheritor (n.) One who puts another out of his inheritance.
Hereditarily :: Hereditarily (adv.) By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.
Portion :: Portion (v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Acquest :: Acquest (n.) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance..
Exheredate :: Exheredate (v. t.) To disinherit.
Disherit :: Disherit (v. t.) To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance..
Inheritrix :: Inheritrix (n.) Same as Inheritress.
Hereditable :: Hereditable (a.) Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
Hereditable :: Hereditable (a.) Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable.
Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
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..
Hereditary :: Hereditary (a.) Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown..
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