Definition of inherit

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

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Disherison :: Disherison (n.) The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion..
Coparcener :: Coparcener (n.) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.
Inofficious :: Inofficious (a.) Regardless of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty; unkind; -- commonly said of a testament made without regard to natural obligation, or by which a child is unjustly deprived of inheritance..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. t.) To fall heir to; to inherit.
Perigenesis :: Perigenesis (n.) A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.
Disheritance :: Disheritance (n.) The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance.
Patrimonially :: Patrimonially (adv.) By inheritance.
Coheiress :: Coheiress (n.) A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.
Able :: Able (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property..
Hereditable :: Hereditable (a.) Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable.
Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession.
Successively :: Successive (a.) Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire..
Hereditarily :: Hereditarily (adv.) By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.
Parage :: Parage (n.) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance..
Cleronomy :: Cleronomy (n.) Inheritance; heritage.
Coparceny :: Coparceny (n.) An equal share of an inheritance.
Inherit :: Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance..
Coinheritance :: Coinheritance (n.) Joint inheritance.
Inheritability :: Inheritability (n.) The quality of being inheritable or descendible to heirs.
Exhereditation :: Exhereditation (n.) A disinheriting; disherison.
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