Lexic.us

Definition of Inheritance

1. Noun. Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property.

2. Noun. That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner.

3. Noun. (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents.

4. Noun. Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors. "The world's heritage of knowledge"

Definition of Inheritance

1. n. The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

Definition of Inheritance

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Medical Definition of Inheritance

1. 1. The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities. 2. That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent. "When the man dies, let the inheritance Descend unto the daughter." (Shak) 3. A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, especially. One received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction. "To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away." (1 Pet. I. 4) 4. Possession; ownership; acquisition. "The inheritance of their loves." "To you th' inheritance belongs by right Of brother's praise; to you eke longs his love." (Spenser) 5. Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation. 6. A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law. The word inheritance (used simply) is mostly confined to the title to land and tenements by a descent. "Men are not proprietors of what they have, merely for themselves; their children have a title to part of it which comes to be wholly theirs when death has put an end to their parents' use of it; and this we call inheritance." (Locke) Origin: Cf. OF. Enheritance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inheritance

inherency inherent inherent inherently inherent aptitude inheres inhere in inhering inherit inherit

inheritability inheritable inheritable inheritableness inheritance (current term) inheritance (current term) inheritances inheritance tax inherited inherited

inherited albumin variants inherited character inherited disease inherited disorder inherited wealth inheriting inheritor inheritors inheritress inheritresses

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