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Heirloom

Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations.

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Heritage 76% connected

That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.

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Holding 76% connected

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Inheritance 76% connected

The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Heritage 70% connected

That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.

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Inheritance 70% connected

The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

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Actual possession noun · 85% connection

(law) immediate and direct physical control over property

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Constructive possession noun · 85% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Criminal possession noun · 85% connection

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…

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Easement noun · 85% connection

(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)

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Estate for life noun · 85% connection

(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it

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Jointure noun · 85% connection

(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

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Legal jointure noun · 85% connection

(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

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Life estate noun · 85% connection

(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it

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Deed noun · 85% connection

a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…

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Deed of conveyance noun · 85% connection

a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…

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Title noun · 85% connection

a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…

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Dower noun · 85% connection

a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

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Public easement noun · 85% connection

any easement enjoyed by the public in general (as the public's right to use public streets)

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Right of way noun · 85% connection

the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else

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Freehold noun · 84% connection

tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life

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Lien noun · 84% connection

the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

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Mortgage noun · 84% connection

a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan

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Appendant verb · 78% connection

Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another in…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Assessment noun · 78% connection

A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be l…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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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: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Cabinetwork noun · 78% connection

The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Chattel noun · 78% connection

personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc.)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Coheir noun · 78% connection

A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Collation verb · 78% connection

The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equally…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Coparcenary noun · 78% connection

Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Cover noun · 78% connection

A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Deodand noun · 78% connection

A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to b…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Descend verb · 78% connection

To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inh…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: furniture, movable, personal, chattel, special.
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Detinue noun · 78% connection

A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained.

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