English definition of Inheritance

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Definition of inheritance

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Inheritance (n.) A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law..

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

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals..

Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities..

Portion :: Portion (v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

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..

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..

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..

Parcener :: Parcener (n.) A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate..

Hereditably :: Hereditably (adv.) By inheritance.

Cleronomy :: Cleronomy (n.) Inheritance; heritage.

Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir..

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..

Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

Transmit :: Transmit (v. t.) To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another..

Acquest :: Acquest (n.) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance..

Heritage :: Heritage (a.) That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance..

Coparcener :: Coparcener (n.) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.

Partible :: Partible (a.) Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible..

Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office..