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Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities..

Hereditable :: Hereditable (a.) Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.

Freeborn :: Freeborn (a.) Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.

Disinheritance :: Disinheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison..

Disheritance :: Disheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance.

Heritable :: Heritable (a.) Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.

Inheriting :: Inheriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inheri.

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).

Heirship :: Heirship (n.) The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting..

Exhereditation :: Exhereditation (n.) A disinheriting; disherison.

Primogeniture :: Primogeniture (a.) The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue..

Disinheriting :: Disinheriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disinheri.

Curtesy :: Curtesy (n.) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands..

Exheredation :: Exheredation (n.) A disinheriting; disherisor.

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