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Inheritance

An estate in things real, descending to the heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 201; In re Donahue’s Estate, 36 Cal. 332; Dodge’s Appeal, 106 Pa. 220, 51 Am. Rep. 619; Rountree v. Pursell, 11 Ind. App. 522, 39 N. BL 747; Adams v. Akerlund, 168 111. 632, 48 N. E. 454

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)