Inheritance - Law Dictionary Search Results
Heir
One who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of any property after the death of its owner one
Inheritor
One who inherits an heir
Alody
Alody, inheritable land.
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Feud
Feud, An inheritable estate is land conveyed from a feudal superior to a grantee or tenant, held on conditions of rendering
heritable
heritable : inheritable
Fee-simple
Fee-simple, a freehold estate of inheritance, absolute and unqualified. It stands at the head of estates as the highest in dignity and the most
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
hereditary
hereditary [Latin hereditarius, from hereditas inheritance, from hered- heres heir] 1 : received or passing by inheritance or required to pass by inheritance [
Advowson
patronage self-subsistent, belonging to the patron as an individual, and not in any wise appendant to a corporeal inheritance. While a few advowsons were originally in gross, as when the right originated in an agreement that a
Attendant term
was at its creation limited, or, if deceased, in their personal representatives; but the person entitled to the inheritance then became, according to equitable principle, entitled to the beneficial interest in such term, and the term or
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