inheritance
Signification (Anglais)
- (countable, uncountable) The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
- (especially, uncountable) The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
- (countable, uncountable) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
- (countable, uncountable) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
Concepts
ordre de succession d’héritage
succession d’héritage
Synonymes
hereditary pattern
property left at death
succession to property
family hardship
succession to family headship
inherited property
right of succession
inheritance of property
inheritance succession
decedents’estates
Traductions
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.
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