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Disherison :: Disherison (n.) The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion..

Portion :: Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance..

Appendant :: Appendant (n.) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.

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

Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office..

Successively :: Successive (a.) Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire..

Inheritably :: Inheritably (adv.) By inheritance.

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

Heirloom :: Heirloom (n.) Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations..

Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.

Coheir :: Coheir (n.) A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.

Birthdom :: Birthdom (n.) The land of one's birth; one's inheritance.

Coinheritance :: Coinheritance (n.) Joint inheritance.

Fee :: Fee (n.) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure..

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

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

Partible :: Partible (a.) Admitting of being parted; divisible; separable; susceptible of severance or partition; as, an estate of inheritance may be partible..

Heritage :: Heritage (a.) That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance..

Inherit :: Inherit (v. i.) To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance..

Purchaser :: Purchaser (n.) One who acquires an estate in lands by his own act or agreement, or who takes or obtains an estate by any means other than by descent or inheritance..

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