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Meaning:
Noun:
- Death.
- end (less common, usually in a negative manner)
- legal The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
- Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
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Verb:
- legal To pass by inheritance.
- intransitive To die.
- legal To convey, as by will or lease.
- legal To transmit by inheritance.
- obsolete|legal To give.
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