Property inheritance is when a property of a class, such as "dogs bark" is assumed to be also true of sub-classes (such as Beagle) and instances (such as Snoopy). This means that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we can infer that Beagles bark and that Snoopy barks.
Defined on page 17
Used on pages 17, 27, 28, 40, 41