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inheritance

practice of passing on property, position, or office upon the death, resignation, or stepping down of individuals
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inheritance
William Hogarth · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

inheritance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,662 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: legal act[2]
  • Commons category: Inheritance[3]
  • Facet of: heritance and succession law[4], inheritance norm[5]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[6], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Lean Logic[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[12], Pax Leksikon[13]
  • Different from: heritage[14], inheritance in the Netherlands[15], heredity[16]

Why It Matters

inheritance has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] inheritance is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Lean Logic Paul Lafargue

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['succession', 'inheritance-and-succession']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: inheritance-and-succession, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936371|inheritance and succession (#289936371)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['succession', 'inheritance-and-succession']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: succession, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958681|succession (#289958681)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 8114
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 8114, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167480067|INHERITANCE (#167480067)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → heritance and succession law, inheritance norm
    Subclass of → —
    Local thumb → —
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +5
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 6827, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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