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Inheritance

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heritagenounA tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

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heritagenounA tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
legacynounSomething inherited from a predecessor or the past.
bequestnounThat which is left by will; a legacy.
probatenoun(law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
intestacynoun(law) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.
heirnounSomeone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
inheritverb(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
estatenounThe collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
propertynounSomething that is owned.
patrimonynounA right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
birthrightnounSomething a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.
heritabilitynoun(countable, genetics) The ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin
heirloomnounA valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
endowmentnounProperty or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
cleronomynouninheritance, heritage
successornounA person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
successionnounAn act, process, or instance of succeeding:
traditionnounA part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
seriesnounA number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
sequencenounA set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.

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