6. (Law) A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have
to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another,
or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from
an ancestor to an heir in course of law. Blackstone.
The word inheritance (used simply) is mostly confined to the title to
land and tenements by a descent. Mozley & W.
Men are not proprietors of what they have, merely for themselves;
their children have a title to part of it which comes to be wholly
theirs when death has put an end to their parents' use of it; and
this we call inheritance.
Locke.
In*her"it*or (?), n. One who inherits; an heir.
Born inheritors of the dignity.
Milton.
In*her"it*ress (?), n. A heiress. Milman.
In*her"it*rix (?), n. Same as Inheritress. Shak.
In*herse" (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Inhearse.
In*he"sion (?), n. [L. inhaesio. See Inhere.] The state of existing, of
being inherent, in something; inherence. A. Baxter.
Constant inhesion and habitual abode.
South.
In`hi*a"tion (?), n. [L. inhiatio, fr. inhiare to gape; pref. in- +
hiare to gape.] A gaping after; eager desire; craving. [R.] Bp. Hall.
In*hib"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to
have, hold. See Habit.]