to inherit property

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• inherit — verb VERB + INHERIT ▪ stand to ▪ He stood to inherit (= was likely to inherit) property worth over five million. PREPOSITION ▪ from ▪ She inherited some money from her mother …   Collocations dictionary

• inherit — in·her·it /in her it/ vb [Middle French enheriter to make one an heir, from Late Latin inhereditare, from Latin in in + hereditas inheritance] vt 1: to receive (property) from an estate by operation of the laws of intestacy; broadly: to receive… …   Law dictionary

• inherit — in‧her‧it [ɪnˈhert] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to receive money or property from someone after they have died: • She will inherit her father s entire fortune when he dies. inherit something from somebody • We built the house on land inherited from …   Financial and business terms

• inherit — [in her′it] vt. [ME enheriten < OFr enheriter < LL inhereditare, to appoint as heir, inherit < L in, in + heres, HEIR] 1. Obs. to transfer property to (an heir) 2. a) to receive (an ancestor s property, title, etc.) by the laws of… …   English World dictionary

• Property redistribution — is a term applied to various political policies involving taxation or expropriation of property from some in order to finance payments to others. Redistribution policies are usually promoted (in democracies) by claiming that less stratified… …   Wikipedia

• Inherit — In*her it, v. i. To take or hold a possession, property, estate, or rights by inheritance. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt not inherit our father s house. Judg. xi. 2. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• inherit — ► VERB (inherited, inheriting) 1) receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder. 2) derive (a quality or characteristic) from one s parents or ancestors. 3) receive or be left with (a situation, object,… …   English terms dictionary

• property — n. 1) to confiscate, seize property 2) to buy; inherit; lease; rent; sell; transfer property 3) to reclaim; recover (stolen) property 4) (an) abandoned; commercial property 5) common; communal; government; individual; joint; movable; personal;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• inherit — in|her|it [ınˈherıt] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: enheriter to say that someone will receive your property after death , from Latin hereditas; HEREDITY] 1.) [I and T] to receive money, property etc from someone after they have died… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• inherit — [[t]ɪnhe̱rɪt[/t]] inherits, inheriting, inherited 1) VERB If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died. [V n] He has no son to inherit his land. [V n from n] ...paintings that he inherited from his father. [V ed]… …   English dictionary

• inherit — /in her it/, v.t. 1. to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business. 2. to receive as if by succession from predecessors: the problems the new government inherited from its… …   Universalium