- inheritance；〔継承〕succession
相続する succeed ((to a title))；inherit ((a thing from a person))
- 彼の未亡人が田畑を相続した
- His widow inherited the farm.
- 彼女は莫大な資産を相続した
- She came into a large fortune.／She got a large fortune by inheritance.
- 長男が父の爵位を相続した
- The oldest son succeeded to his father's title.
- 彼女は叔父の跡目を相続して取締役に就任した
- She succeeded her uncle as a director of the company.
- 相続争いa dispute over succession
- 相続権the right of inheritance
- 彼は相続権を放棄した
- He renounced his right of inheritance.
- 相続財産an inheritance; inherited property
- 相続税an inheritance tax
- 相続人〔男〕an heir；〔女〕an heiress（▼通例の表現，および法律では，女相続人もan heirを用いる）；〔後継者〕a successor
- 彼は叔母の財産の相続人となった
- He fell heir to his aunt's property.
