inheritee

From inherit +‎ -ee.

inheritee (plural inheritees)

1. (uncommon) Heir, inheritor; one who inherits.
   • 1869, Henry Gawen Sutton, Introductory Lecture Delivered at the London Hospital, page 19:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

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

     […] 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.

   • 2021, Daniel Rhodes, Sour Grapes‎, →ISBN:

     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.

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

     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.

2. (uncommon, chiefly East Asia) One who is inherited from; an ancestor.
   • 1791, [Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani], translated by Charles Hamilton, The Hedaya, or Guide; a Commentary on the Mussulman Laws, volume 2, page 705:

     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.