inheritance
The passing of title to an estate upon death.
Other meanings
That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
“The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.”
Related words
- coinheritance
- disinheritance
- misinheritance
- noninheritance
- blending inheritance
- particulate inheritance
- widow inheritance
- inheritance law
- composition over inheritance
- inheritance powder
- inheritance tax
- preheritance
Word history
From Old French "enheritaunce".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “inheritance” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.