inheritancen.

/ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns/

Forms: see inherit v.; Middle English–1500s -aunce, Middle English– -ance.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman enheritance a being admitted as heir, action or fact of inheriting, < enheriter : see inherit v. and -ance suffix.

I. The action or fact of inheriting.

1. literal. Hereditary succession to property, a title, office, etc.; ‘a perpetual or continuing right to an estate, invested in a person and his heirs’ (Wharton Law Lex.).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > hereditary

inheritance1390

heirship1478

heredation1606

hereditance1608

inheritableness1780

12.. Britton Lois d'Angleterre lf. 1 a ap. Ste.-Pal. (Godef.) Ceux parolx (ses heires) font l'estate d'enheritance.]

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 313 Which of his propre enheritaunce Athenes had in governaunce.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. xxxiii The same Castel was hers by ryght enherytaunce.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxvii The realme of Fraunce to him of right, & by lyneall enheritaunce aperteyning.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 153 Earle of Marre, who..is by inheritance Sheriffe of the County of Sterling.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. i. 12 Rights of inheritance and successions.

1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xiv. 140 This conjoint Inheritance Heraldry sets forth.

2. transferred and figurative.

a. A coming into, or taking, possession of something, as one's birthright; possession, ownership; right of possession.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > coming into possession by right

inheritance1535

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > coming into possession by right > that which one obtains by right

inheritance1535

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > hereditary > right by birth or birthright

i-cundelOE

kindc1300

forbirtha1400

birthright1530

inheritance1535

birthdoma1616

birthhood1651

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. iv. 20 But you hath the Lorde taken..that ye shulde be the people of his enheritaunce.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D6^v To you th'inheritance belonges by right Of brothers prayse, to you eke longes his loue.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 91 A moitie competent..which had returne To the inheritance of Fortinbrasse, Had he bin vanquisher.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. ii. 68 You, will rather shew our generall Lowts, How you can frowne, then spend a fawne vpon 'em, For the inheritance of their loues.

?1680 H. Care (title) English Liberties, or the free-born Subject's Inheritance.

b. Natural derivation of qualities or characters from parents or ancestry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun]

heredity1844

hereditation1845

inheritance1859

heritability1882

hereditability1895

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species (1873) v. 123 These characters may be attributed to inheritance from a common progenitor.

1862 Ld. Tennyson Idylls Ded. 31 How should England dreaming of his sons Hope more for these than some inheritance Of such a life, a heart, a mind as thine?

1885 S. Cox Expos. 1st Ser. iii. 30 Our goodness..whether it comes to us by nature, or by inheritance from our parents.

II. That which is inherited; a heritage.

a. literal. Property, or an estate, which passes by law to the heir on the decease of the possessor.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > heritable property

hereditament1461

inheritament1463

inheritance1473

inhereditance1483

inhereditament1491

heritage?1507

family fortune1750

heritable1801

1473 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 13 Kynge Herry was amitted to his crowne and dignite ageyne, and alle his men to there enherytaunce.

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34 §8 Every suche Woman..[shall] frely enjoye have and possede..all hir owne inheretaunce.

1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 209 Looke what enheritance came to him..by the death of his owne kinne, and his wifes kinsfolke.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 248 The whole inheritance would after his death returne to the children of the elder brother.

1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxviii. 88 He [the minister] is the tenant of the day, and has no interest in the inheritance.

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 95 Although..a chief part of his inheritance had been in slaves, he had liberated them all.

b. figurative. Any property, quality, or immaterial possession inherited from ancestors or previous generations.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > inherited quality or constitution

draught1483

strind?a1513

patrimonya1578

strain1605

inheritance1613

hereditament1795

stripe1861

stock1866

unit character1902

1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle ii. sig. D3 My fathers blessing, and this little coine Is my inheritance.

1707 E. Smith Phædra & Hippolitus iv. 35 Oh dear, unhappy Babe! must I bequeath thee Only a sad Inheritance of Woe?

1804 T. Chalmers Wks. (1849) VI. 25 A parent's reputation is a sacred inheritance.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) ii. i. 39 His name, The sole inheritance he left.

1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland i. 10 Printed books were now part of the inheritance of the human race.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1875) i. vi. 33 Add something to the world's inheritance of knowledge.

4. transferred and figurative. Something that one obtains or comes into possession of by right or divine grant; birthright. In biblical use applied to persons, etc., esp. God's chosen people, as His possession (κλῆρος), and to possessions or blessings, material or spiritual, as received or enjoyed by such persons. (Cf. heritage n. 1c, 3.)

ΚΠ

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. xiii. D The Lorde God of Israel is their enheritaunce.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ps. ii. 8 Desyre off me, and I shall geue the the Heithen for thine enheritaunce.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ps. xxvii[i]. 9 O helpe thy people, geue thy blessynge vnto thy enheritaunce.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Ei Thereby sinnes ar forgiuen, the inheritaunce of lyfe euerlastynge graunted.

1552 Ld. Wharton in Bp. Nicolson Leges March. (1705) 342 The Land Layt called the Debateable Land; and now the King's Majesties Inheritance.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxix. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance, thy holy temple haue they defiled.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 97 The zealous Primate was driven out of the church..crying aloud as he went that the heathen had come into God's inheritance.

1899 A. H. Sayce Early Israel ii. 69 Canaan was the inheritance which the Israelites won for themselves by the sword.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as inheritance tax (or taxation), spec., originally U.S., a tax on inherited property levied on individual beneficiaries, varying according to their degrees of relationship to the testator, rather than on the estate before its distribution.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > estate or inheritance taxes

finec1436

legacy duty1786

probate duty1804

inheritance tax (or taxation)1841

death tax1850

death duty1852

succession duty1853

succession tax1859

testate duty1880

estate duty1889

capital transfer tax1928

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 101 Caracalla conferred the nominal franchise of Rome on all the provincials, in order to make them liable to the inheritance-tax, and other burdens leviable only on citizens.

1895 E. R. A. Seligman Ess. Taxation v. 133 The inheritance tax to-day scarcely needs defence. It is found in almost every country... In the United States..there is now a decided movement toward the progressive inheritance tax.

1903 S. F. Weston Princ. Justice in Taxation viii. 289 We shall not attempt..to discuss the various theories of the inheritance tax.

1911 Encycl. Brit. IX. 465/2 The really vital change was the extension in 1894 of the old Probate Duty into a comprehensive impost... This ‘Inheritance Tax’—to give it its scientific title—operates as a complementary property tax.

1929 A. Comstock Taxation in Mod. State xi. 154 Examples of inheritance taxation may be found in antiquity and in the Middle ages... Since 1914 inheritance taxes have had a less spectacular rôle than income taxes and sales taxes.

1937 M. Newcomer in C. Shoup Stud. Current Tax Probl. 16 The annual burden of the estate and inheritance taxes has been taken to be the amount of the premium for life insurance sufficient to cover these taxes at death.

1965 Listener 2 Dec. 881/2 The positive case for inheritance taxation has become stronger.

1972 Daily Tel. 22 Mar. 32/6 This looks a pretty good start towards the possible inheritance tax, in substitution for estate duty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	inheritance
释义	inheritancen. /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns/ Forms: see inherit v.; Middle English–1500s -aunce, Middle English– -ance. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman enheritance a being admitted as heir, action or fact of inheriting, < enheriter : see inherit v. and -ance suffix. I. The action or fact of inheriting. 1. literal. Hereditary succession to property, a title, office, etc.; ‘a perpetual or continuing right to an estate, invested in a person and his heirs’ (Wharton Law Lex.). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > hereditary inheritance1390 heirship1478 heredation1606 hereditance1608 inheritableness1780 12.. Britton Lois d'Angleterre lf. 1 a ap. Ste.-Pal. (Godef.) Ceux parolx (ses heires) font l'estate d'enheritance.] 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 313 Which of his propre enheritaunce Athenes had in governaunce. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. xxxiii The same Castel was hers by ryght enherytaunce. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxvii The realme of Fraunce to him of right, & by lyneall enheritaunce aperteyning. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 153 Earle of Marre, who..is by inheritance Sheriffe of the County of Sterling. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. i. 12 Rights of inheritance and successions. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xiv. 140 This conjoint Inheritance Heraldry sets forth. 2. transferred and figurative. a. A coming into, or taking, possession of something, as one's birthright; possession, ownership; right of possession. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > coming into possession by right inheritance1535 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > coming into possession by right > that which one obtains by right inheritance1535 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [noun] > hereditary > right by birth or birthright i-cundelOE kindc1300 forbirtha1400 birthright1530 inheritance1535 birthdoma1616 birthhood1651 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. iv. 20 But you hath the Lorde taken..that ye shulde be the people of his enheritaunce. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D6^v To you th'inheritance belonges by right Of brothers prayse, to you eke longes his loue. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 91 A moitie competent..which had returne To the inheritance of Fortinbrasse, Had he bin vanquisher. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. ii. 68 You, will rather shew our generall Lowts, How you can frowne, then spend a fawne vpon 'em, For the inheritance of their loues. View more context for this quotation ?1680 H. Care (title) English Liberties, or the free-born Subject's Inheritance. b. Natural derivation of qualities or characters from parents or ancestry. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] heredity1844 hereditation1845 inheritance1859 heritability1882 hereditability1895 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species (1873) v. 123 These characters may be attributed to inheritance from a common progenitor. 1862 Ld. Tennyson Idylls Ded. 31 How should England dreaming of his sons Hope more for these than some inheritance Of such a life, a heart, a mind as thine? 1885 S. Cox Expos. 1st Ser. iii. 30 Our goodness..whether it comes to us by nature, or by inheritance from our parents. II. That which is inherited; a heritage. 3. a. literal. Property, or an estate, which passes by law to the heir on the decease of the possessor. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > heritable property hereditament1461 inheritament1463 inheritance1473 inhereditance1483 inhereditament1491 heritage?1507 family fortune1750 heritable1801 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 13 Kynge Herry was amitted to his crowne and dignite ageyne, and alle his men to there enherytaunce. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34 §8 Every suche Woman..[shall] frely enjoye have and possede..all hir owne inheretaunce. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 209 Looke what enheritance came to him..by the death of his owne kinne, and his wifes kinsfolke. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 248 The whole inheritance would after his death returne to the children of the elder brother. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxviii. 88 He [the minister] is the tenant of the day, and has no interest in the inheritance. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 95 Although..a chief part of his inheritance had been in slaves, he had liberated them all. b. figurative. Any property, quality, or immaterial possession inherited from ancestors or previous generations. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > inherited quality or constitution draught1483 strind?a1513 patrimonya1578 strain1605 inheritance1613 hereditament1795 stripe1861 stock1866 unit character1902 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle ii. sig. D3 My fathers blessing, and this little coine Is my inheritance. 1707 E. Smith Phædra & Hippolitus iv. 35 Oh dear, unhappy Babe! must I bequeath thee Only a sad Inheritance of Woe? 1804 T. Chalmers Wks. (1849) VI. 25 A parent's reputation is a sacred inheritance. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) ii. i. 39 His name, The sole inheritance he left. 1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland i. 10 Printed books were now part of the inheritance of the human race. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1875) i. vi. 33 Add something to the world's inheritance of knowledge. 4. transferred and figurative. Something that one obtains or comes into possession of by right or divine grant; birthright. In biblical use applied to persons, etc., esp. God's chosen people, as His possession (κλῆρος), and to possessions or blessings, material or spiritual, as received or enjoyed by such persons. (Cf. heritage n. 1c, 3.) ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. xiii. D The Lorde God of Israel is their enheritaunce. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ps. ii. 8 Desyre off me, and I shall geue the the Heithen for thine enheritaunce. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ps. xxvii[i]. 9 O helpe thy people, geue thy blessynge vnto thy enheritaunce. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Ei Thereby sinnes ar forgiuen, the inheritaunce of lyfe euerlastynge graunted. 1552 Ld. Wharton in Bp. Nicolson Leges March. (1705) 342 The Land Layt called the Debateable Land; and now the King's Majesties Inheritance. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxix. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance, thy holy temple haue they defiled. View more context for this quotation 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 97 The zealous Primate was driven out of the church..crying aloud as he went that the heathen had come into God's inheritance. 1899 A. H. Sayce Early Israel ii. 69 Canaan was the inheritance which the Israelites won for themselves by the sword. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as inheritance tax (or taxation), spec., originally U.S., a tax on inherited property levied on individual beneficiaries, varying according to their degrees of relationship to the testator, rather than on the estate before its distribution. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > estate or inheritance taxes finec1436 legacy duty1786 probate duty1804 inheritance tax (or taxation)1841 death tax1850 death duty1852 succession duty1853 succession tax1859 testate duty1880 estate duty1889 capital transfer tax1928 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 101 Caracalla conferred the nominal franchise of Rome on all the provincials, in order to make them liable to the inheritance-tax, and other burdens leviable only on citizens. 1895 E. R. A. Seligman Ess. Taxation v. 133 The inheritance tax to-day scarcely needs defence. It is found in almost every country... In the United States..there is now a decided movement toward the progressive inheritance tax. 1903 S. F. Weston Princ. Justice in Taxation viii. 289 We shall not attempt..to discuss the various theories of the inheritance tax. 1911 Encycl. Brit. IX. 465/2 The really vital change was the extension in 1894 of the old Probate Duty into a comprehensive impost... This ‘Inheritance Tax’—to give it its scientific title—operates as a complementary property tax. 1929 A. Comstock Taxation in Mod. State xi. 154 Examples of inheritance taxation may be found in antiquity and in the Middle ages... Since 1914 inheritance taxes have had a less spectacular rôle than income taxes and sales taxes. 1937 M. Newcomer in C. Shoup Stud. Current Tax Probl. 16 The annual burden of the estate and inheritance taxes has been taken to be the amount of the premium for life insurance sufficient to cover these taxes at death. 1965 Listener 2 Dec. 881/2 The positive case for inheritance taxation has become stronger. 1972 Daily Tel. 22 Mar. 32/6 This looks a pretty good start towards the possible inheritance tax, in substitution for estate duty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1390
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