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Definition of Inheritances
1. inheritance [n] - See also: inheritance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inheritances
Literary usage of Inheritances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1914)
"To supply the deficiency, the emperor suggested a new tax of five per cent, on
all legacies and inheritances. But the nobles of Rome were more tenacious of ..."
2. Taxation in American States and Cities by Richard Theodore Ely, John Huston Finley (1888)
"NEW YORK LAWS REGARDING COLLATERAL inheritances AND BEQUESTS. AN ACT to amend
chapter four hundred and eighty-three of the laws of eighteen hundred and ..."
3. The Legal Rights, Liabilities and Duties of Women: With an Introductory by Edward Deering Mansfield (1845)
"Law of inheritances, and of Consanguinity. 2. Law of inheritances. (5) Under the
Feudal Law, the rule is, that the males shall be invariably preferred to ..."
4. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1827)
"Doctrine of Descents, THE first rule or canon of descent, as laid down by Sir W.
Blackstone, is,—" That inheritances shall lineally descend to the issue of ..."
5. The Institutes of Justinian by John Baron Moyle (1896)
"OF TRUST inheritances. We now proceed to fiduciary bequests or trusts ; and let
us begin with trust inheritances. 1 Legacies or inheritances given by trust ..."
6. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen (1820)
"SECTION I. Of inheritances and ... heirs proceed from them, and by those, the
ascending heirs are ascertained, so as to point out their of inheritances. ..."
7. The Science of Finance: An Investigation of Public Expenditures and Public by Henry Carter Adams (1898)
"(3) ASSIGNMENT OF TAX ON inheritances AND PROFESSIONAL INCOMES.—The fiscal system
thus presented makes use of all the sources of revenue which the foregoing ..."
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