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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Cestuy que doit inheriter al Pere doit inheriter al fils

The person who should have inherited from the father should also inherit from the son.

Disinheritance

n. 1. The act by which an owner of an estate deprives a would-be heir of the expectancy to inherit the estate. 2. The state of

Inherit

vb. 1. To receive (property) from an ancestor under the laws of intestate succession upon the ancestor's death. 2. To receive (property) as a bequest or devise. - inheritor, n.

Inheritor

A person who inherits; an heir.

Inheritrix

Archaic. A female heir; an heiress.

La ley favour l'inheritance dun home

The law favors a man's inheritance.

Qui doit inheriter al pere, doit inheriter al fitz

One who ought to inherit from the father ought to inherit from the son.

being disinherited. -

Also termed disherison; disinherison. - disinherit, ub.

canon of inheritance

See canon of descent under CANON (1).

collateral-inheritance tax

A tax levied on the transfer of property by will or intestate succession to a person other than the spouse, a parent, or a descendant of the decedent.

estate of inheritance

An estate that may descend to heirs.

inheritable blood

See BLOOD.

inheritable blood.

Hist. A relationship between an ancestor and an heir that the law recognizes for purposes of passing good title to property.

inheritable obligation.

See OBLIGATION.

inheritable,

adj. 1. (Of property) capable of being inherited. 2. (Of a person) capable of inheriting. - Also termed heritable

inheritance tax

1 A tax imposed on a person who inherits property from another (unlike an estate tax, which is imposed on the decedent's estate). ( There is no federal inheritance tax, but some states provide for one (though it is deductible under the federal estate tax). - Also termed succession tax. Cf estate tax. 2. Loosely, an estate tax.

inheritance.

1. Property received from an ancestor under the laws of intestacy. 2. Property that a person receives by bequest or devise.

several inheritance

An inheritance that descends to two persons severally, as by moieties.

several inheritance.

See INHERITANCE.

tenancy attendant on the inheritance

See TENANCY.