"Heir-Looms" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL
Such goods and chat-tels as, contrary to the nature of chattels, shall go hy special custom to the heir along with the inheritance, and not to the ex-ecutor. The termination “loom" (Sax.) sig-niflee a limb or member; so that an heir-loom ls nothlng else but a limb or member of the inheritance. They are generally such thlngs as cannot be taken away wlthout damaging or dismembering the freehold; such as deer ln a park, doves ln a cote, deeds and charters, etc. 2 Bl. Comm. 427
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Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; …
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