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inheritance Definition

in·her·it·ance (in her′i təns)

noun

  1. the action of inheriting
  2. something inherited or to be inherited; legacy; bequest
  3. ownership by virtue of birthright; right to inherit
  4. anything received as if by inheritance from a predecessor
  5. any characteristic passed on by heredity

Etymology: ME inheritauns < Anglo-Fr & OFr enheritance

inheritance Synonyms

inheritance

n.

legacy, bequest, patrimony, heritage; see estate 2, gift 1. See syn. study at heritage.

inheritance Finance Definition
The money or property that is received from a deceased person’s estate through his or her will.
inheritance Law Definition

n

  1. Property received via bequest or intestate succession.
  2. The act of receiving such property.
inheritance Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • forfeit: He has paid the redemption price of the forfeited inheritance.
  • divide: In the middle of his teaching, a man interrupted, " Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.
  • govern: Eighth house matters The eighth house governs inheritances, and money that belongs to others.

Adjective modifier

  • Mendelian: OMIM Home Page ( Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man ) A reference resource on inherited diseases, interlinked to other genome databases.
  • autosomal: The risk of a parent with the gene passing the mutation on to a child is 50 % ( autosomal dominant inheritance ).
  • recessive: Autosomal recessive inheritance carries a risk of accompanying learning disabilities.
  • paternal: I exclude the first as it is going to the wife and it is balanced against the husband's expected paternal inheritance.
  • rightful: Emily is a feisty woman fighting for her rightful inheritance.
  • sex-linked: There may be a sex-linked inheritance as males are usually affected.

Modifies a noun

  • tax: There is no inheritance tax payable on assets left to spouses.
  • hierarchy: These concepts are discussed in Chapter 4. Furthermore, several ways to represent inheritance hierarchies are investigated in section 4.3.
  • threshold: Here are some key facts: In the 2006/7 financial year, the inheritance tax threshold is set at £ 285,000.
  • nil: What is the current inheritance tax nil rate band?
  • taxis: Taxation The Bahamas does not levy direct taxes there is no Income, Capital Gains, gift, VAT or Inheritance taxes.
  • liability: How, then, is the inheritance tax liability avoided?

Noun used with modifier

  • thine: A good blunt fellow: why being yonger born Doth he lay claime to thine inheritance?

Preposition: in

  • kingdom: Doctrine: That it is an evident truth that all unclean persons have no inheritance in the kingdom of God and of Christ.

Preposition: of

  • saint: Art thou " meet to be partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light " ?
  • tribe: This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to their families -- these cities with their villages.
  • trait: Aspects of population genetics and inheritance of quantitative traits.
inheritance Quotes

The people which ceases to care for its literary inheritance becomes barbaric; the people which ceases to produce literature ceases to move in thought and sensibility.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

John Bull has gone to India And all must pay him heed For histories are there to prove That none of another breed Has had a like inheritance, Or sucked such milk as he, And there's no luck about a house If it lacks honesty. The ghost of Roger Casement Is beating on the door.

—Yeats,W(illiam) B(utler)

This isthe land God gave to Andy Stewartöwe have our inheritance. There shall be no ardour, there shall be indifference. There shall not be excellence, there shall be the average. We shall be the intrepid hunters of golf balls.

—A'Ghobhainn

Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Every human being is born an heir to an inheritance to which he can succeed only in a process of learning.

—Oakeshott, Michael Joseph

Every lunch time I went to see how my inheritance was proceeding. Sometimes the deaths column brought good news. Sometimes the births column brought bad. The advent of twin sons to the Duke was a terrible blow. Fortunatelyanepidemic ofdiphtheria restored thestatus quo almost immediately.

—Hamer, Robert

I'm spending my children's inheritance.

—Anonymous