Definition of inherit

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

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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..
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..
Exheredation :: Exheredation (n.) A disinheriting; disherisor.
Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities..
Patrimonially :: Patrimonially (adv.) By inheritance.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement..
Inheritor :: Inheritor (n.) One who inherits; an heir.
Inheritress :: Inheritress (n.) A heiress.
Coheiress :: Coheiress (n.) A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.
Hereditable :: Hereditable (a.) Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.
Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To put in possession of.
Birth :: Birth (n.) The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
Inheritrix :: Inheritrix (n.) Same as Inheritress.
Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title..
Cretinism :: Cretinism (n.) A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps..
Heirdom :: Heirdom (n.) The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.
Heirloom :: Heirloom (n.) Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations..
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..
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..
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..
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