English-Finnish translations for inherit

• periä
  Saanen kertoa henkilökohtaisista asioistani sen verran, että omassa jäsenvaltiossani 18 vuotta täyttänyt kumppanini ei voi periä eläkettäni. Let me also say on a personal matter that in my own Member State, my partner of 18 years, cannot possibly inherit my pension.
  Yksi jokaisen ihmisen perusoikeuksista on omistusoikeus ja oikeus periä omaisuutta, etenkin maata. One of the fundamental rights of every human being is the right to property and the right to inherit property, in particular land.
  Erittäin perusteltua on se, että hallintokulujen kasvun johdosta pieniä poisto-oikeuksia ei ruveta tutkimaan, eikä pieniä väärinkäytöksiä yritetä periä. Because of growing administrative costs it is right that we should not start to examine minor depreciation laws, and should endeavour not to inherit areas of malpractice.

Definition of inherit

• To take possession of as a right ''''
• To receive , by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death
• To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission
• To derive from people or conditions previously in force
• To come into an inheritance
• To derive from a superclass
• To derive a new class from (a superclass
• To put in possession of

Examples

• Your descendants will inherit the earth
• After Grandad died, I inherited the house
• Lets hope the baby inherits his mothers looks and his fathers intelligence
• This country has inherited an invidious class culture
• Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and hes inherited
• ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window

Related words

• inheritance
• inherited
• inheritor
• disinherit
• inheritable
• disinheritance
• inheritedness
• inheritance tax
• inheritance law