Definition of inheritance

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Inheritance (n.) A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction..

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Coheir :: Coheir (n.) A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.
Cleronomy :: Cleronomy (n.) Inheritance; heritage.
Coinheritance :: Coinheritance (n.) Joint inheritance.
Parage :: Parage (n.) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance..
Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities..
Inheritably :: Inheritably (adv.) 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..
Coparcener :: Coparcener (n.) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.
Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir..
Heritance :: Heritance (n.) Heritage; 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.
Disinheritance :: Disinheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison..
Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
Heirdom :: Heirdom (n.) The state of an heir; succession by inheritance.
Birthdom :: Birthdom (n.) The land of one's birth; one's inheritance.
Fee :: Fee (n.) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure..
Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir..
Hereditarily :: Hereditarily (adv.) By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.
Delapse :: Delapse (v. i.) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
Partible :: Partible (a.) Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible..
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