Definition of inherit

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Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance..

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Quartter :: Quartter (v. t.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms..
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..
Heritance :: Heritance (n.) Heritage; inheritance.
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..
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement..
Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
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..
Patrimonially :: Patrimonially (adv.) By inheritance.
Disinherited :: Disinherited (imp. & p. p.) of Disinheri.
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..
Able :: Able (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property..
Disinheritance :: Disinheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison..
Disheritance :: Disheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance.
Patrimonial :: Patrimonial (a.) Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate..
Birthdom :: Birthdom (n.) The land of one's birth; one's inheritance.
Inheritor :: Inheritor (n.) One who inherits; an heir.
Inheritability :: Inheritability (n.) The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
Inherit :: Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance..
Fee :: Fee (n.) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner..
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