Heir
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person designated by law to succeed to the ownership of property of another if that owner does not make a contrary disposition of it by will.
Heir
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HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in herus or erus, master of a house, Gr. Xel p, hand, Sans. harana, hand), in law, technically one who succeeds, by descent, to an estate of inheritance, ...
Heir definition:
A beneficiary of a will or an intestacy.
Initially, at common law, a heir referred to a person who took real property of a deceased as a result of an intestate estate.
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Heir Apparent
(n) Heir Apparent is the person expected to inherit a property of a person on his death by being his or her legal heir, when he survives after the death of the owner
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HEIR - A person entitled under state laws of intestacy to property of a decedent who did not have a will.
The Heir: A person entitled by law to inherit part or all of the estate of an ancestor even if a valid will was not left.
heir
n. one who acquires property upon the death of another, based on the rules of descent and distribution, namely, being the child, descendant or other closest relative of the dear departed.
Heir. See Hæres. At common law, he upon whom the law casts an estate immediately on the death of the ancestor. 2 Bl. Com. 201. Uncontrolled by the context, the person appointed by law to succeed to the real estate in case of intestacy. 88 Ill.
heir : one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of property after the death of its owner: as a : one who by operation of law inherits the property and esp. the real property of a ...
Heir: A person who inherits money or property, or who will naturally inherit property if someone dies without making a will.
heir - Person who receives property from the estate of a deceased person.
Heir and Assigns
Words usually found in a deed, showing the interest the grantee is receiving.
Home Owner Association
An association of people who own homes in a given area for the purpose of improving or maintaining the quality of the area.
HEIR. One born in lawful matrimony, who succeeds by descent, and right of blood, to lands, tenements or hereditaments, being an estate of inheritance. It is an established rule oflaw, that God alone can make an heir.
heir-at-law A person who receives the estate of his ancestor by descent under the law of succession, as distinguished from an heir who receives the estate under a will or contract.
heir(ess): A person that inherits or receives money or property from someone that has died.
HEIR --
1. Someone who is entitled by statute to inherit the property of another person in the even that person dies without a valid will.
Heir apparent
One who expects to be receive property from the estate of a family member, as long as she outlives that person.
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Heir apparent
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: an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be voided or undone except by exclusion under a valid will if he or she survives the ancestor
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TALZIE, HEIR IN.
Scotch law. Heirs of talzie or tailzie, are heirs of estates entailed. 1 Bell~s Com. 47. ... more ...
Also still part of the law in many states is the unborn heir statute that provides that if the father dies before the fetus, the fetus has full rights of inheritance. Non-persons, of course, cannot inherit.
TOP Fee simple : The most extensive tenure allowed under the feudal system allowing the tenant to sell or convey by will or be transfer to a heir if the owner dies intestate.
A person who owns a fee simple estate may sell it, convey it by will or it may be transferred to an heir if the owner dies without leaving a will.
For example, a will might state that an heir will forfeit her inheritance if she challenges the validity of the will.
See also: descent and distribution heir heiress intestacy intestate succession will
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A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiaty pays this tax.
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For example, a tax lien on a piece of real estate or a possible claim by the heir of a former owner might create a cloud on the title.
Inheritance tax - A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.
2) In estates, when a beneficiary of the person who died gets more of the estate than he/she was meant to because another beneficiary or heir dies or rejects the gift.
A term referring to the ownership of property and meaning the most extensive tenure allowed under the feudal system, allowing the tenant to sell or convey by will or to transfer to an heir if the owner dies intestate.
Escheat- The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if no heir can be found.
Coparcenary:
An obsolete co-ownership mechanism of English law where property, if there was no will, always went to the eldest son. If there was no male heir, the property went to all the female children collectively as a form of co-ownership.
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