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Heir :: Heir (n.) One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter..

Parage :: Parage (n.) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance..

Secundo-geniture :: Secundo-geniture (n.) A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited.

Portion :: Portion (v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

Birthright :: Birthright (n.) Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born..

Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution..

Patrimonially :: Patrimonially (adv.) By inheritance.

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

Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits a strong constitution, a tendency to disease, etc..

Hereditarily :: Hereditarily (adv.) By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.

Inheritable :: Inheritable (a.) Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities..

Coinheritor :: Coinheritor (n.) A coheir.

Parcenary :: Parcenary (n.) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

Heir :: Heir (v. t.) To inherit; to succeed to.

Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.

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

Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction..

Coparcener :: Coparcener (n.) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.

Transmit :: Transmit (v. t.) To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another..

Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent..

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