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Estate

estates in a threefold view, thus: (1) The quantity of interest or duration, divided into-- (A) Freeholds of inheritance, which are subdivided into-- (a) Absolute or fee simple. (b) Limited fees; which are (a) qualified or base

Parties

which the parties to a conveyance are set out is as follows: (1) The owner of the legal inheritance; (2) Persons having equitable or beneficial interests in the inheritance; (3) Persons possessed of chattel interests; (4) The

Appendant

Appendant, a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is more worthy; as an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant to

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purchase

purchase pur·chased pur·chas·ing vt 1 : to acquire (real property) by means other than descent or inheritance 2 : to obtain by paying money or giving other valuable consideration ;specif : to take (property) by

Antenati

those born before a certain period, e.g., before marriage. In Scotland marriage removes the illegitimacy of antenati who inherit as heirs; but in England a child legitimated per subsequens matrimonium could not, before 1926, inherit real estate,

entail

entail [Middle English entaillen, from en-, causative prefix + taille restriction on inheritance see tail ] : to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail : limit the descent

illegitimate

illegitimate child is usually legitimated by his or her parents' later marriage. Illegitimate children generally have the same inheritance rights under intestate successions as legitimate children; statutes limiting their inheritance rights have been found to violate the

hereditament

hereditament [Medieval Latin hereditamentum, from Late Latin hereditare to inherit, from Latin hered- heres heir] : inheritable property

Hereditable

Capable of being inherited See Inheritable

Hereditary

Descended or capable of descending from an ancestor to an heir at law received or passing by inheritance or that must pass by inheritance as an hereditary estate or crown

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