Noun

Singular inheritance

Plural countable and uncountable; plural inheritances

inheritance (countable and uncountable; plural inheritances)

  1. The passing of title to an estate upon death.
  2. (countable) That which a person in entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
  3. (biology) The hereditary passing of biological attributes from ancestors to their offspring.
  4. (computing) In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

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Wed Jun 10 15:23:25 2009

Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies. The rules of inheritance differ between societies and have changed over time.

Terminology

In common law jurisdictions, an heir is a person who is entitled to receive a share of the decedent's property via the rules of inheritance in the jurisdiction where the decedent died or owned property at the time of death. Strictly speaking, one becomes an heir only upon the death of the decedent. It is improper to speak of the "heir" of a living person, since the exact identity of the persons entitled to inherit are not determined until the time of death. In a case where an individual has such a position that only her/his own death before that of the decedent would prevent the individual from becoming an heir, the individual is called an heir apparent. There is a further concept of jointly inheriting, pending renunciation by all but one, which is called coparceny.

In modern legal use, the terms inheritance and heir refer only to succession of property from a decedent who has died intestate (that is, without a will). It is a common mistake to refer to the recipients of property through a will as heirs when they are properly called beneficiaries, devisees, or legatees.

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Wed Jun 10 15:25:03 2009

what will an inheritance do to my ss disability and medicare?
Q. I recieve ss disability with mecicare. Will inheiriting a modest sum of money get the needed medicare and monthly ssd taken away? I would go through the inheritance in less than a year fairly easy especially with hospital bills.
Asked by william m - Wed May 21 10:19:43 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. SSI is essentially a welfare program, and would be affected. Social security disability shouldn't be affected.
Answered by Judy - Wed May 21 10:59:29 2008

How long does it take to receive inheritance money from a parent that has died?
Q. My father passed away last year in February. I live in a complete different state and my stepmother is supposed to be taking care of the inheritance for herself, my brother, and me. There was no will involved and from what i understand she's in titled to 50% of the property and my brother and I are in titled to the other 50%. So how long does it take to see any results (money) from all this?
Asked by jedm87 - Wed Jan 21 18:18:49 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It depends. In the area I live in, it's typically at least a year, but a lot depends on the amount of money involved, how complicated the estate is, and a number of other issues. By the way, it is all right to ask your step-mother or her lawyer what the timetable looks like.
Answered by Helen W. - Wed Jan 21 18:25:15 2009

If I bequeath my 401k or IRA to my children, will they have to pay inheritance tax also?
Q. Followup to answer to "Can $12000 per year per child be gifted without inheritance tax even if the money comes from an IRA or 401k?" Is it state specific?
Asked by dpesetsky - Sat Dec 8 17:51:41 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. yes they will pay tax on it.
Answered by troyboy - Sat Dec 8 18:01:24 2007

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