(law) 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.

(countable) Death.

(countable) The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.

(transitive, obsolete, law) To give.

(transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease.

(transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance.

(intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.

(intransitive) To die.