Dictionary (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent.Thesaurus abalienation alienation amortization amortizement assignation assignment attested copy bargain and sale barter bequest birthright borough-English cession codicil coheirship conferment conferral consignation consignment conveyance conveyancing coparcenary deeding deliverance delivery demise devise disposal disposition enfeoffment entail exchange gavelkind giving heirloom heirship hereditament heritable heritage heritance incorporeal hereditament inheritance law of succession lease and release legacy line of succession mode of succession patrimony postremogeniture primogeniture probate reversion sale settlement settling succession surrender testament trading transfer transference transmission transmittal ultimogeniture vesting will |