1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
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