Inheritance - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Inheritance, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate by right of representation as his heir t law.The 'canons of inheritance' are the rules directing the descent of real property throughout the lineal and collateral consanguinity of the owner dying intestate.These rules have been abolished in the case of deaths after January 1st, 1926, with a few exceptions (see HEIR), by the (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 51, but they still affect the devolution before 1926 of all titles to estates of inheritance.Inheritance Act.--The Inheritance Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 106), materially altered the old canons of real property descent, but because the Act does not extend to any descent which took place on the death of any person who died before the 1st of January, 1834, it is deemed expedient to give both old and new:-Old Canons.--The old Canons, which obtain in cases of ancestors dying before the 1st of January, 1834...
inherit
inherit [Middle French enheriter to make one an heir, from Late Latin inhereditare, from Latin in- in + hereditas inheritance] vt 1 : to receive (property) from an estate by operation of the laws of intestacy ;broadly : to receive (property) either by will or through intestate succession 2 : succeed vi : to take or hold a possession or rights by inheritance in·her·i·tor [in-her-i-tər] n ...
inheritable
inheritable 1 : capable of being inherited 2 : capable of taking by inheritance in·her·i·ta·bil·i·ty [in-her-i-tə-bi-lə-tē] n in·her·it·able·ness n ...
inheritance
inheritance 1 : the act of inheriting: as a : the acquisition of real or personal property under the laws of intestacy or sometimes by will b : the succession upon the death of an owner either by will or by operation of law to all the estate, rights, and liabilities of the decedent 2 a : something that is or may be inherited b : something to which one is entitled as heir [increasing the son's potential under [the] will "Lesnick v. Lesnick, 577 So. 2d 856 (1991)"] ...
Inheritable
Capable of being inherited transmissible or descendible as an inheritable estate or title...
Canons of inheritance
Canons of inheritance. See INHERITANCE....
Several inheritance
Several inheritance, an inheritance conveyed so as to descend to two persons severally, by moieties, etc....
estate of inheritance
estate of inheritance see estate ...
inheritance tax
inheritance tax : an excise tax that is levied upon the privilege of receiving property as heir or next of kin under the law of intestacy and that is measured by the value of the property received compare estate tax ...
Inherit
To take or hold a possession property estate or rights by inheritance...
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