descent cast
Law (now historical )
noun
Inheritance of land, later especially the process whereby transmission to the heir of someone who has acquired land in one of a number of disruptive ways removes the original owner's right of entry.
Origin
Early 18th century.
- open outcry
- open-pit
- open-plan
- open-planned
- open planning
- open pollinated
- open pollination
- open primary
- open prison
- open question
- open range
- open reading frame
- open-reel
- open relationship
- open road
- open roof
- open-roofed
- open sandwich
- open scale
- open score
- open sea
- open season
- open secret
- open sesame
- open shed