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inherit , in·her·it / inˈherit/ • v. (-her·it·ed , -her·it·ing ) [tr.] receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder: sh… Escheat , Escheat
The power of a state to acquire title to property for which there is no owner.
The most common reason that an escheat takes place is that an… Qualitative Inheritance , Skip to main content
qualitative inheritance Blending Inheritance , blending inheritance The early theory that assumed that hereditary substances from parents merge together in their offspring. Mendel showed that this… Succession , SUCCESSION , devolution of the deceased person's property on his legal heirs.
Order of Succession
The Pentateuchal source of the order of succession… Wills , Wills
WILLS (Heb. צַוָּאָה). A will is a person's disposition of his property in favor of another in such manner that the testator retains the proper…
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Intestate Succession