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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2741993, member: 301"]In popular usage, an <b>heirloom</b> is something that has been passed down for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation" rel="nofollow">generations</a> through family members. Examples are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique" rel="nofollow">antiques</a> or jewelry.</p><p><br /></p><p>The term originated with the historical principle of an heirloom in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law" rel="nofollow">English law</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_property" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_property" rel="nofollow">chattel</a> which by immemorial usage was regarded as annexed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance" rel="nofollow">inheritance</a> to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_%28law%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_%28law%29" rel="nofollow">family estate</a>. Loom originally meant a tool. Such genuine heirlooms were almost unknown by the beginning of the twentieth century.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heirloom#cite_note-eb-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heirloom#cite_note-eb-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1968..... not an heirloom...</p><p><br /></p><p>Just sayin..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2741993, member: 301"]In popular usage, an [B]heirloom[/B] is something that has been passed down for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation']generations[/URL] through family members. Examples are [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique']antiques[/URL] or jewelry. The term originated with the historical principle of an heirloom in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law']English law[/URL], a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_property']chattel[/URL] which by immemorial usage was regarded as annexed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance']inheritance[/URL] to a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_%28law%29']family estate[/URL]. Loom originally meant a tool. Such genuine heirlooms were almost unknown by the beginning of the twentieth century.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heirloom#cite_note-eb-1'][1][/URL] 1968..... not an heirloom... Just sayin..[/QUOTE]
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