Inheritance - Indian Laws - General

Inheritance In Black s Law Dictionary , it is stated that : Though inheritance in its restricted sense means something obtained through laws of descent and distribution from an intestate, in its popular use, it includes property obtained by devise or descent. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary gives the meaning of the word inheritance in the manner : Inheritance ...... being admitted as heir etc ......: 1. The action or fact of inheriting. Hereditary succession to property, a title, etc. ; a perpetual or continuing right to an estate, vested in a person and his heirs ...... 2......... : (a) Possession, ownership, of something as one s birthright ; right of possession (b) Natural derivation of qualities or characters from parents or ancestry ...... II. That which is inherited...... Property, or an estate, which passes by law to the heir on the decease of the possessor......... Something that one comes into possession of by right or divine grant ; birthright. In biblical use applied to persons, etc., as God s possession and to possessions or blessings as received or enjoyed by such persons ........ CIT, ERNAKULAM VS PN. KRISHNA IYER. - 1972 (11) TMI 6 - KERALA HIGH COURT