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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Morganatic :: Morganatic (a.) Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband..
Inheritor :: Inheritor (n.) One who inherits; an heir.
Cleronomy :: Cleronomy (n.) Inheritance; heritage.
Forisfamiliate :: Forisfamiliate (v. t.) Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority..
Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
Frank-marriage :: Frank-marriage (n.) A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten..
Coparcener :: Coparcener (n.) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.
Hereditably :: Hereditably (adv.) By inheritance.
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.
Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities..
Disinheritance :: Disinheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison..
Inheritability :: Inheritability (n.) The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
Heirdom :: Heirdom (n.) The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit..
Heritage :: Heritage (a.) That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance..
Able :: Able (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property..
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..
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
Exhereditation :: Exhereditation (n.) A disinheriting; disherison.
Birthdom :: Birthdom (n.) The land of one's birth; one's inheritance.
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