The inheritance of the Electorate of the Palatinate passed to her husband's brother, John Christian Joseph's family.

In the absence of children, inheritance passed to collateral relatives, in order of seniority of their lines of descent.

This changed in 1379 when the region passed into the possession of the tom Broks, whose inheritance then passed to the Cirksena.

His inheritance passed to his daughter Agnes and her husband Henry V, of the House of Brunswick.

The inheritance passed to the Earl's elder sisters' families.

The Cham were matrilineal and inheritance passed through the mother.

Since he had no male offspring, his inheritance passed to his brother.

Impartible inheritance - inheritance passed only to the oldest son; family farmland prevented from being broken up amongst heirs.

In Bhutanese families, inheritance generally passes through the female rather than the male line.

That such an inheritance should pass to a faithful, loyal son?