inheritance - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • forfeit: He has paid the redemption price of the forfeited inheritance.
  • divide: In the middle of his teaching, a man interrupted, " Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.
  • govern: Eighth house matters The eighth house governs inheritances, and money that belongs to others.

Adjective modifier

  • Mendelian: OMIM Home Page ( Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man ) A reference resource on inherited diseases, interlinked to other genome databases.
  • autosomal: The risk of a parent with the gene passing the mutation on to a child is 50 % ( autosomal dominant inheritance ).
  • recessive: Autosomal recessive inheritance carries a risk of accompanying learning disabilities.
  • paternal: I exclude the first as it is going to the wife and it is balanced against the husband's expected paternal inheritance.
  • rightful: Emily is a feisty woman fighting for her rightful inheritance.
  • sex-linked: There may be a sex-linked inheritance as males are usually affected.

Modifies a noun

  • tax: There is no inheritance tax payable on assets left to spouses.
  • hierarchy: These concepts are discussed in Chapter 4. Furthermore, several ways to represent inheritance hierarchies are investigated in section 4.3.
  • threshold: Here are some key facts: In the 2006/7 financial year, the inheritance tax threshold is set at £ 285,000.
  • nil: What is the current inheritance tax nil rate band?
  • taxis: Taxation The Bahamas does not levy direct taxes there is no Income, Capital Gains, gift, VAT or Inheritance taxes.
  • liability: How, then, is the inheritance tax liability avoided?

Noun used with modifier

  • thine: A good blunt fellow: why being yonger born Doth he lay claime to thine inheritance?

Preposition: in

  • kingdom: Doctrine: That it is an evident truth that all unclean persons have no inheritance in the kingdom of God and of Christ.

Preposition: of

  • saint: Art thou " meet to be partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light " ?
  • tribe: This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to their families -- these cities with their villages.
  • trait: Aspects of population genetics and inheritance of quantitative traits.

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