Inheritance (disambiguation)

Inheritance is the practice of passing on property and debts upon the death of an individual.

Inheritance or Inheritor may also refer to:

In literature:

* "Inheritance", a novel by Steven Savile set in the fictional Warhammer universe about the Von Carstein family
* "Inheritance", a play by Hannie Rayson about the inheritance of a family farm in the Mallee
* "Inheritance cycle", a fantasy quartet in the making by Christopher Paolini
* "Inheritor", a 1996 science fiction novel in the Foreigner Universe of C. J. Cherryh
* "Inheritance", a novel by Phyllis Bentley , a 1932 novel set against the background of the English textile industry
* "Inheritance (short story)", a 1947 science-fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke.

In television:

* "Inheritance", an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
* "Inheritance", a 1967 ITV drama.

In Movies:

* Inheritance (2003 film), also know as "Arven", a 2003 Danish film by Per Fly.

In Science:
* Biological inheritance, the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires characteristics of its parent cell or organism.
* Inheritance in genetics, the ability of modeled objects to propagate their problem solving genes to the next generation.

In Computing:
* Inheritance in computer science, a way to form new classes in object-oriented programming using classes that have already been defined.

ee also

* The Inheritors (disambiguation)
* The Inheritance (disambiguation)


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