herit

Usage

• heritage

  Your heritage is that with which you were born and is part of your everyday life— including conditions, customs, and your social standing.

• coheir

  A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.

• disinherit

  prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

• heir

  a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

• heiress

  a female heir

• heirloom

  (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

• hereditary

  occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

• heredity

  the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

• inherit

  obtain from someone after their death

• inheritance

  hereditary succession to a title or an office or property