acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

transferred possession, transferred property - a possession whose ownership changes or lapses

primogeniture - right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

borough English - a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers

accretion - (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)

bequest, legacy - (law) a gift of personal property by will

birthright, patrimony - an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

devise - (law) a gift of real property by will

heirloom - something that has been in a family for generations

heirloom - (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

genetic endowment, heredity - the total of inherited attributes

ancestry, filiation, lineage, derivation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

gene linkage, linkage - (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)

X-linked dominant inheritance - hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring

X-linked recessive inheritance - hereditary pattern in which a recessive gene on the X chromosome results in the manifestation of characteristics in male offspring and a carrier state in female offspring

genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

birthright - personal characteristics that are inherited at birth

background - a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"

birthright - a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"

upbringing - properties acquired during a person's formative years