Inheritance
Of law and transferred property. May also be referred to as heritage.
That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner.
This concept's ID is @1~66344
Law
- accretion
(law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies...
- bequest
(law) a gift of personal property by will.
- devise
(law) a gift of real property by will.
- heirloom
(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance...
Also contains
- heirloom
Something that has been in a family for generations.
- primogeniture
Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son.
- borough English
A former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion...
- birthright
An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture).