inheritee

plural inheritees

1. uncommonHeir, inheritor; one who inherits.

   The latest inheritee of these extraordinary eyes looked up at the angry grown-up, and the angry grown-up made the mistake of looking down at her.

   2021, Daniel Rhodes, Sour Grapes, →ISBN

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   It is very interesting to notice that inherited diseases usually appear at about the same age in the inheritee as they did in the person from whom they were inherited.

   1869, Henry Gawen Sutton, Introductory Lecture Delivered at the London Hospital, page 19

   Thus, the usufruct form of land tenure encourages parents to produce potential and heir and encourages extended families (parents living with children) as a means of facilitating transfer of the property and monitoring the prospective inheritee’s performance.

   1979 February, Arthur De Vany, Nicolas Sanchez, “Land Tenure Structures and Fertility in Mexico”, in The Review of Economics and Statistics, volume 61, number 1, →JSTOR, page 68

   Even in dynastic situations, where inheritance of the high-quality parental territory is favoured as the primary route to becoming a breeder, severe conflict is expected among potential inheritees.

   1997, Stephen T. Emlen, “Predicting Family Dynamics in Social Vertebrates”, in John R. Krebs, Nicholas B. Davies, editors, Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 247

   […] one way of mitigating the problem would be to introduce a compulsory citizens’ service scheme in which all young people are required to provide, say, two years of service to society. […] However, this would still be a rather limited response to the problem, leaving lucky inheritees with plenty of time after citizens’ service to free ride if they wish.

   2005, Stuart White, “Is Conditionality Illiberal?”, in Lawrence M. Mead, Christopher Beem, editors, Welfare Reform and Political Theory, →ISBN, page 100

   And Steiner recommends that, if the departing proprietors cannot choose a successor, then appropriately constituted facilities within the cultural sphere […] select the most able ‘inheritee’ to continue production.

   2022, Richard Masters, Rudolf Steiner and Social Reform, →ISBN, page 536

2. uncommonchiefly East AsiaOne who is inherited from; an ancestor.

   The inheritee’s estate passes in its entirety immediately upon death to the inheritor […]

   2013, Korea Legislation Research Institute, editor, Introduction to Korean Law, →ISBN, page 137

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   It is a rule, that if an inheritee’s right of property in any thing be proven, still a decree cannot pass in favour of the heirs, until proof be adduced of the death of the inheritee.

   1791, [Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani], translated by Charles Hamilton, The Hedaya, or Guide; a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws, volume 2, page 705

   “Hisozokunin” is the opposite of “sozokunin”: inheritor or successor. It is literally translated as “inheritee” or “predecessor.”

   [1995, Vicki L. Beyer, Keld Conradsen, “Translating Japanese Legal Documents into English: A Short Course”, in Marshall Morris, editor, Translation and the Law, →ISBN, page 157

   The same revision of the Civil Code put into effect a new arrangement whereby the inheritor who has done much to care for and nurse the inheritee should be entitled to receive a portion of the inheritance as a special ‘compensation’ for his/her caretaking contribution.

   1998, Wada Haruki, “Economic Co-operation in Place of Historical Remorse […]”, in Banno Junji, editor, The Political Economy of Japanese Society, volume 2, →ISBN, page 346, note 16

   In this context, it should be mentioned that the general/universal successor, e.g., an heir (inheritor) of the deceased (inheritee), is not a third party.

   2019, Won-Lim Lee, Jung Won Jun, chapter 4, in Contract Law in South Korea, →ISBN, section 1.1.177