inherited property
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinheritandproperty
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inherit
verb
uk/ɪnˈher.ɪt/us/ɪnˈher.ɪt/
to receive money, a house, etc. from someone after they ...
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property
noun
uk/ˈprɒp.ə.ti/us/ˈprɑː.pɚ.t̬i/
an object or objects that belong ...
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(Definition ofinheritandpropertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinherited property
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This was strictly forbidden since allinheritedpropertyshould - ideally - be kept within the lineage.
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My hunch is that such threshing floors remained corporate property after a division ofinheritedpropertyhad taken place.
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Moreover, the customary right to transfer one-tenth of theinheritedpropertywas considerably circumscribed.
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Women often transformedinheritedpropertyinto other forms of wealth, in the third type of economic activity.
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The same survey also revealed that a significantly higher proportion of families in rural areasinheritedpropertycompared with those in large and medium-size cities.
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Inheritedpropertywas accompanied by responsibilities and obligations towards the parents.
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As regards ownership, the marital estate remained a temporary constellation of three types of property : hisinheritedproperty, herinheritedpropertyand the property that they acquired jointly while married.
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This sourcecritical reminder is particularly important to remember for the period prior to 1857, when restrictions upon transferringinheritedpropertyby will were very hard.
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Matrimony refers to marriage, not toinheritedproperty; whereas patrimony refers not to gender but to property which the man will inherit from the father or uncle.
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Others who haveinheritedpropertydo not want to part with it, but find that compensation merely for repairs is not enough.
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This is the onlyinheritedpropertythey have got, and the rest of their living is made up as teachers.
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We callinheritedpropertywhat in fact is an elective administration.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In the meantime, he may haveinheritedpropertyby virtue of the adoption order; for an adoption order confers rights of inheritance.
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You would be permitting a kind of fraud upon those who haveinheritedpropertyof this sort from those who died during the period.
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It is not physically possible for a man who hasinheritedpropertyto save, if that property is to be properly maintained.
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This is a very important point, because many people who haveinheritedpropertyfind that it is a liability.
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A woman had no share in inheritance because she was regarded as unwise and incapable of effectively managing herinheritedproperty.
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Firstly, language is not aninheritedproperty, but one which is socially acquired.
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While still young, he lost his substantialinheritedpropertywhen it was confiscated to the king's treasury.
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