Definisjon av Inheritance

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Noun

inheritance - that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
heritage
transferred possession, transferred property a possession whose ownership changes or lapses
jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
primogeniture right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
borough english a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
accretion (law) an 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)
bequest, legacy (law) a gift of personal property by will
patrimony, birthright a church endowment
devise (law) a gift of real property by will
heirloom something that has been in a family for generations
inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
hereditary pattern
genetic endowment, heredity the total of inherited attributes
genetic science, genetics the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
ancestry, filiation, lineage, derivation inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
gene linkage, linkage the act of linking things together
x-linked dominant inheritance hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring
inheritance - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
heritage
attribute an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
birthright personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
background (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
birthright personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
inheritance - hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
heritage
acquisition the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
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Substantiv

Inheritance - The passing of title to an estate upon death.
Inheritance - That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
Inheritance - Biology The hereditary passing of biological attributes from ancestors to their offspring.
Inheritance - In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

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  • Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies. The rules of inheritance differ between societies and have changed over time.

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  • Inheritance
    That which a person in entitled to inherit.
  • Inheritance
    The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
  • Inheritance
    The hereditary passing of biological attributes from the parents to its offspring.

Substantiv

  • Entall: inheritance
  • Flertall: inheritances

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