inherits
Comes into legally
Inherits is the third-person singular of inherit—to receive property, title, or genetic traits from a predecessor.
A child inherits an estate from a parent, or inherits her mother's eyes.
In computing, a class inherits properties and methods from a parent class: The button class inherits from the base widget.
To inherit can also mean to receive something from a predecessor in a role: She inherited a mess from the previous manager.
Property and grounds
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- probateWill validation proceedings
executor · testament · intestate · trust · succession · codicil · decedent · assets
Wealth or destiny
- estateProperty and grounds
- assetsOwned items of value
- bequestGift left by will
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
patrimony · trust fund · windfall · riches · property · holdings · capital · land
Traditional practices or import taxes
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
beliefs · values · practices · lineage · culture · ceremonies · mythology · oral history
estate
Property and grounds
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
probate · executor · testament · intestate · trust · succession · codicil · decedent · assets · property
fortune
Wealth or destiny
endowment · patrimony · trust fund · windfall · riches · property · holdings · capital · land · title
customs
Traditional practices or import taxes
folklore · beliefs · values · practices · lineage · culture · ceremonies · mythology · oral history · ancestral knowledge
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
traits · alleles · dominant · recessive · mutation · genotype · phenotype · genome · genomics · polygenic
class
Grouping by shared traits
child · method · property · prototype · extends · superclass · override · polymorphism · hierarchy · interface
inheritsbequeaths
Gives by testament
leaves · wills · passes down · transmits · endows
inheritsforfeits
Loses through violation
relinquishes · loses · surrenders · gives up · divests
- inheritance claimsLegal demands on estates
- inheritance taxLevy on bequeathed assets
- inherited traitGenetically transmitted characteristic
- inheritance taxesLevies on bequests
- inherited diseaseCondition passed through generations
- family inheritanceProperty passed through generations
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