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Inheritance

Inheritance, or hereditary succession, is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate

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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

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inherit

inherit [Middle French enheriter to make one an heir, from Late Latin inhereditare, from Latin in- in + hereditas

Inheritably

By inheritance

Inheritable

Capable of being inherited transmissible or descendible as an inheritable estate or title

inherited

tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity as an inherited disease

Inheritability

The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs

Inherit

To take or hold a possession property estate or rights by inheritance

Several inheritance

Several inheritance, an inheritance conveyed so as to descend to two persons severally, by moieties, etc.

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