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 0 facts

    (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies...

  • bequest 0 facts

    (law) a gift of personal property by will.

  • devise 0 facts

    (law) a gift of real property by will.

  • heirloom 0 facts

    (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance...

Also contains

  • heirloom 0 facts

    Something that has been in a family for generations.

  • primogeniture 0 facts

    Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son.

  • borough English 0 facts

    A former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion...

  • birthright 0 facts

    An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture).