inheritee
inheritee noun: heir, inheritor; one who inherits.
Noun
inheritee (plural inheritees)
- Heir, inheritor; one who inherits.
- It is very interesting to notice that inherited diseases usually appear at about the same age in the inheritee as they did in the person from whom they were inherited.1869, Henry Gawen Sutton, Introductory Lecture Delivered at the London Hospital, page 19
- Thus, the usufruct form of land tenure encourages parents to produce potential and heir and encourages extended families (parents living with children) as a means of facilitating transfer of the property and monitoring the prospective inheritee’s performance.1979 February, Arthur De Vany, Nicolas Sanchez, “Land Tenure Structures and Fertility in Mexico”, in The Review of Economics and Statistics, volume 61, number 1, →JSTOR, page 68
- One who is inherited from; an ancestor.
- It is a rule, that if an inheritee’s right of property in any thing be proven, still a decree cannot pass in favour of the heirs, until proof be adduced of the death of the inheritee.1791, [Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani], translated by Charles Hamilton, The Hedaya, or Guide; a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws, volume 2, page 705
- “Hisozokunin” is the opposite of “sozokunin”: inheritor or successor. It is literally translated as “inheritee” or “predecessor.”[1995, Vicki L. Beyer, Keld Conradsen, “Translating Japanese Legal Documents into English: A Short Course”, in Marshall Morris, editor, Translation and the Law, →ISBN, page 157
Examples of inheritee in a sentence
- Even in dynastic situations, where inheritance of the high-quality parental territory is favoured as the primary route to becoming a breeder, severe conflict is expected among potential inheritees.1997, Stephen T. Emlen, “Predicting Family Dynamics in Social Vertebrates”, in John R. Krebs, Nicholas B. Davies, editors, Behavioural...
- The latest inheritee of these extraordinary eyes looked up at the angry grown-up, and the angry grown-up made the mistake of looking down at her.2021, Daniel Rhodes, Sour Grapes, →ISBN:
- The inheritee’s estate passes in its entirety immediately upon death to the inheritor […]2013, Korea Legislation Research Institute, editor, Introduction to Korean Law, →ISBN, page 137:
- In this context, it should be mentioned that the general/universal successor, e.g., an heir (inheritor) of the deceased (inheritee), is not a third party.2019, Won-Lim Lee, Jung Won Jun, chapter 4, in Contract Law in South Korea, →ISBN, section 1.1.177:
Forms of inheritee
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Origin of inheritee
From inherit + -ee.
Questions about inheritee
- What does inheritee mean?
- Inheritee means heir, inheritor; one who inherits.
- How do you use inheritee in a sentence?
- Even in dynastic situations, where inheritance of the high-quality parental territory is favoured as the primary route to becoming a breeder, severe conflict is expected among potential inheritees.
- What part of speech is inheritee?
- Inheritee is a noun.
- What is the plural of inheritee?
- The plural of inheritee is inheritees.
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