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Allodium
noun · 78% connection
Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Ancestral
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Assess
verb · 78% connection
To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Attornment
noun · 78% connection
The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Avulsion
noun · 78% connection
The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Birthright
noun · 78% connection
Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Confirmation
noun · 78% connection
A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, expre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Convey
verb · 78% connection
To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Credit mobilier
unknown · 78% connection
A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal est…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Descent
noun · 78% connection
Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Devise
noun · 78% connection
The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Disclaimer
noun · 78% connection
A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or est…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Discontinuance
noun · 78% connection
A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Discontinuee
noun · 78% connection
One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Emphyteusis
noun · 78% connection
A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Estovers
n. pl. · 78% connection
Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Fiar
noun · 78% connection
One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
Frank-marriage
noun · 78% connection
A certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and des…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: descendible, capability, transmitted, ancestors, estate.
