inheritance
What heirs receive
Inheritance is what passes to someone when another person dies—property, money, or possessions left to heirs: She received a modest inheritance from her uncle.
The word extends to non-material things passed down: a genetic inheritance, a cultural inheritance, an inheritance of poverty and hardship.
In object-oriented programming, inheritance is a mechanism where one class derives properties and behaviors from another, allowing code reuse and hierarchical organization.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- probateWill validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- trustConfidence in another
estate · testament · deceased · intestate · testator · bequeath · devise · codicil
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
forebears · ancestors · dynasty · kinship · clan · tribe · parentage · roots
Wealth or destiny
- estateProperty and grounds
- assetsOwned items of value
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- capitalWealth used for investment
funds · endowment · windfall · bequest · legacy · property · holdings · money
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
- allelesVariant forms of genes
recessive · dominant · mutation · traits · phenotype · genome · polygenic · monogenic
Grouping by shared traits
- objectTangible entity or aim
- subclassTaxonomic rank below main
- superclassCategory above class
- polymorphismMany forms, one interface
encapsulation · hierarchy · override · extend · derived · parent · child · method
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
- probateWill validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
trust · estate · testament · deceased · intestate · testator · bequeath · devise · codicil · settlor
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
pedigree · forebears · ancestors · dynasty · kinship · clan · tribe · parentage · roots · filiation
fortune
Wealth or destiny
capital · funds · endowment · windfall · bequest · legacy · property · holdings · money · savings
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
alleles · recessive · dominant · mutation · traits · phenotype · genome · polygenic · monogenic · locus
class
Grouping by shared traits
- objectTangible entity or aim
- subclassTaxonomic rank below main
- superclassCategory above class
polymorphism · encapsulation · hierarchy · override · extend · derived · parent · child · method · attribute
tradition
Custom passed through generations
culture · preservation · continuity · ancestral · folklore · ritual · practice · language · values · beliefs
antique
Old valued collectible
artifact · jewelry · tapestry · furniture · porcelain · silverware · timepiece · ring · necklace · memento
- Family & Marriagematrimony, weddings, family life, home life, domestic life
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- family generationsgenerations, generation, grandparents, grandchildren, grandparent
- Family Mattersgenealogy, family tree, ancestry, family history, heirlooms
- family themesmother figure, father figure, parent, child, brother
inheritanceself-made wealth
Money earned independently
earned income · wages · salary · sweat equity · earnings
inheritancedisinheritance
Exclusion from inheritance
disownment · disinheriting · forfeiture · dispossession · confiscation
inheritanceacquired traits
Non-inherited developed features
learned behavior · nurture · acquired trait · environmental influence · socialization
- inheritance claimsLegal demands on estates
- inheritance taxLevy on bequeathed assets
- inheritance taxesLevies on bequests
- family inheritanceProperty passed through generations
- inheritance disputeLegal conflict over bequests
- maternal inheritanceGenes from the mother
inheritances, disinheritance, inheritance law, inheritance tax