Inheriting

  • 101corruption of blood — Date: 1563 the effect of an attainder which bars a person from inheriting, retaining, or transmitting any estate, rank, or title …

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  • 102curtesy — noun (plural sies) Etymology: Middle English corteisie courtesy Date: 1523 a husband s interest upon the death of his wife in the real property of an estate that she either solely owned or inherited provided they bore a child capable of… …

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  • 103disinherit — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century 1. to prevent deliberately from inheriting something (as by making a will) 2. to deprive of natural or human rights or of previously held special privileges • disinheritance …

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  • 104inheritance — noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the act of inheriting property b. the reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring c. the acquisition of a possession, condition, or trait from past generations 2. something that is or may… …

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  • 105escheat — I. noun Etymology: Middle English eschete, from Anglo French, reversion of property, from escheir to fall, devolve, from Vulgar Latin *excadēre, from Latin ex + Vulgar Latin *cadēre to fall, from Latin cadere more at chance Date: 14th century 1.… …

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  • 106Aleister Crowley — Crowley in 1906 Born Edward Alexander Crowley 12 October 1875(1875 10 12) Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England …

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  • 107Arachnophobia — (from Greek arachne (αράχνη), spider and phobia (φοβία), fear ) is a specific phobia, an abnormal fear of spiders. It is among the most common of all phobias. The reactions of arachnophobics often seem irrational to others (and sometimes to the… …

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  • 108Alexandria — Infobox Settlement official name = Alexandria native name = ar. إسكندرية nickname = Pearl of the Mediterranean motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo = citylogo size = mapsize =… …

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  • 109Basenji — Infobox Dogbreed image caption =A red basenji name = Basenji altname = African Bush Dog African Barkless Dog Ango Angari Avuvi Congo Dog Zande Dog Egyptian or African Dingo country = Democratic Republic of the Congo fcigroup = 5 fcisection = 6… …

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  • 110Confucianism — The Dacheng Hall, the main hall of the Temple of Confucius in Qufu …

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