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| ancestor |
in law, a person from whom one receives an inheritance. [1/4 definitions] |
| coheir |
a person who shares an inheritance with another or others. |
| come down |
to be passed down through time by tradition or inheritance. [1/9 definitions] |
| death tax |
see "inheritance tax." |
| descend |
to be passed along by inheritance, as from one generation to the next. [1/7 definitions] |
| disinherit |
to exclude from or deprive of an inheritance. [1/2 definitions] |
| entail |
to limit (an inheritance, esp. of land) to certain heirs. [1/5 definitions] |
| hereditary |
in law, of or pertaining to inheritance, as of property. [1/3 definitions] |
| inbred |
deep-seated as a result of early training, experience, or inheritance. [1/2 definitions] |
| Neo-Darwinism |
a theory of evolution that denies the inheritance of acquired characteristics and asserts that natural selection determines evolution. |
| own |
one's property, inheritance, destiny, or what is felt to be one's due or potential. [1/6 definitions] |
| paternity |
descent or inheritance from a father. [1/4 definitions] |
| portion |
the part of a whole that belongs to one, esp. one's inheritance. [1/4 definitions] |
| primogeniture |
the legal right of the first-born, esp. the oldest male child, to the entire inheritance of one or both parents. [1/2 definitions] |
| prodigal son |
in the New Testament, a young man who wasted his inheritance but returned home repentant and was warmly received by his family. |
| Salic law |
the legal code of the Salian Franks, esp. the prohibition against inheritance of land by women. [1/2 definitions] |
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