OOP: The Inheritance?

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 65871

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rowena_grunnionffitch" 
<rowena_grunnionffitch at y...> wrote:
>    Okay, here's a possibility. Assuming Medieval style inheritance 
> laws and further assuming that Sirius, as a convicted traitor, 
> was 'attainted' ans so incapable of inheriting then the Black House 
> and fortune should have been divided among the heirs general - to 
> wit: Bellatrix, Andromeda and Narcissa. The Black house may have 
been 
> empty for ten years, since Mrs. Black's death, and the gold 
untouched 
> in the Gringott's vault because of quarrelling by the heirs. 

I'm confused about this on two points. 
1. I'm not convinced anyone has been labeled a "traitor" in the eyes 
of the law, medieval or otherwise.  Sure, Mrs. Black sees Sirius as a 
traitor to his heritage, but that's not the same thing as a court 
defining someone as a traitor.  The only crime people use when 
referring to what Sirius was convicted for is "murder."

2. If, indeed, Sirius did not inherit, and the inheritance is being 
contested by the various members of the clan, then how could Sirius 
offer it to Dumbledore as a Headquarters for the Order?

Marianne, wondering where all the lawyers are...