The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.
To endow.
To give a dower or dowry to.
The passing of title to an estate upon death.
The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited
That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.