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Heritance

Heritage inheritance

Patrimonially

By inheritance

Heir

One who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of any property after the death of its owner one

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Alody

Alody, inheritable land.

Feud

Feud, An inheritable estate is land conveyed from a feudal superior to a grantee or tenant, held on conditions of rendering

Matrimonium

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

Coinheritance

Joint inheritance

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

heir

heir : one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of property after the death of its owner: as a

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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