heirdom
Inheritor's legal standing
Heirdom is the state or condition of being an heir—the status of one who stands to inherit property, title, or position.
The word is rare and literary, appearing mostly in legal or historical contexts: The question of heirdom to the throne remained unsettled.
It can also refer to what is inherited: one's inheritance or heritage.
Gift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- probateWill validation proceedings
executor · intestate · trust · patrimony · entailment · testator · legacy · dower
Custom passed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
progeny · foundation · perpetuity · continuity · stewardship · ancestral · descendants · posterity
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- regencySubstitute monarch's authority
ascension · crown · sovereignty · lineage · reign · royalty · aristocracy · regent
bequest
Gift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
probate · executor · intestate · trust · patrimony · entailment · testator · legacy · dower · birthright
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
dynasty · progeny · foundation · perpetuity · continuity · stewardship · ancestral · descendants · posterity · bloodline
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
regency · ascension · crown · sovereignty · lineage · reign · royalty · aristocracy · regent · emperor
heritage, heir, inherit, inheritance, inherited, heirloom, heredity, heiress, hereditary