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Hereditably

By inheritance

Hereditarily

By inheritance in an hereditary manner

Heritance

Heritage inheritance

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Inheritor

One who inherits an heir

Patrimonially

By inheritance

Matrimonium

Matrimonium, the inheritance descending to a man ex parte matris (from his mother).

Cleronomy

Inheritance heritage

Hereditaments

nature and extent; but when applied to personality, it does not then denote the subject, but signifies some inheritable right of which the subject is susceptible. There is a third application of this word--it is used to

Heir

Heir [fr. heire, Old Fr.; h'res, Lat.], a person who succeeds by descent to an estate of inheritance. It is nomen collectivum, and extends to all heirs; and under heirs, the heirs of heirs are comprehended

Gavelkind

to be remarked that though females, claiming in their own right, were postponed to males, yet they might inherit together with males by representa-tion. 'If a man have three sons and purchase lands held in gavelkind, and

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