hereditas
noun
he·re·di·tas
variants or less commonly haereditas
hə̇ˈredəˌtas
plural hereditates
⸗ˌ⸗⸗ˈtāt(ˌ)ēz
Roman & civil law
: inheritance or succession : the rights and liabilities to which an heir succeeds : an estate of a deceased person regarded as a juridical person
Word History
Etymology
Latin
- order of service
- order of the day
- order of worship
- order paper
- order pro confesso
- order up
- order-in-council
- orderable
- orderboard
- ordered
- ordered about
- ordered lattice
- orderer
- orderers
- ordering
- ordering about
- orderings
- orderless
- orderlier
- orderlies
- orderliest
- orderliness
- orderlinesses
- orderly
- orderly book