English > heritage: 4 senses > noun 3, possession| Meaning | That which is inherited; a title / title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner. |
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| Synonym | inheritance |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| Parts | heirloom | (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance |
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| Narrower | accretion | (law) an increase / increase / increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) |
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| bequest, legacy | (law) a gift of personal property by will |
| birthright, patrimony | An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) |
| borough English | A former English custom by which the youngest / youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers |
| devise | (law) a gift of real property by will |
| heirloom | Something that has been in a family for generations |
| primogeniture | Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son |
| Broader | transferred property, transferred possession | A possession whose ownership changes or lapses |
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| Spanish | herencia, legado, patrimonio |
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| Catalan | herència, heretat, llegat, patrimoni |
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