Heirs

Heirs Of The Body
(n) Heirs Of The Body is the linear descendents of a person who are blood related and originated from him or her. Heirs of the body comprises of children and grand children and their children
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Heirs-at-law: People who inherit money or property, or who will naturally inherit property if someone dies without making a will.

heirs of the body
n. descendants of one's bloodline, such as children or grandchildren until such time as there are no direct descendants.

HEIRS: Persons who are entitled by law to inherit the property of the deceased if there is no will specifying how it's divided.

FORCED HEIRS. In Louisiana they are those persons whom the testator or donor cannot deprive of the porttion of his estate reserved for them by law, except in cases where he has a just cause to disinherit them. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 1482.

Heirs shall be married without disparagement, so that before they contract matrimony it be communicated to the kinsmen in blood of the heir.
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"Heirs ... is commonly used by lawmen to indicate all persons entitled by will or otherwise to share in the estate of decedents, and in cases like this as a synonym of legatees."
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Devisees, like heirs, may distrain in respect of their reversionary estate; for by a devise of the reversion the rent will pass with its incidents.

Contrary to a reversion, a remainder does not go to the grantor or his (or her) heirs.

If a will said "to Bob and his heirs", the words "and his heirs" were words of limitation because they indicate that Bob gets the land in fee simple and his heirs get no interest.

The common form was a grant "to the feoffee and the heirs of his body," by which limitation it was sought to prevent alienation from the lineage of the first purchaser.

For a fee simple estate to be conveyed in a will, the proper words of limitation must be used: either "To X in fee simple" or "To X and his heirs".
Fee tail: Form of tenure that can only be transferred to a lineal descendant.

An absolute inheritance, clear of any condition, limitation or restriction to particular heirs, but descendible to the heirs general, whether male or female, lineal or collateral.

The object of entail is to preserve large estates in land from the disintegration that is caused by equal inheritance by all the heirs and by the ordinary right of free alienation (disposal) of property interests.

A future interest left in a transferor of property, or his (or her) heirs; a reservation in a real property conveyance such that the property reverts back to the original owner upon the occurrence of a certain event.

The person named in a will to be in charge of finalizing a deceased person's financial affairs after death, taking care of property and assets and paying debts and taxes until the balance of the estate is transferred to the heirs, ...

: the return to a decedent's heirs of property of the decedent that had been sold or assigned by coheirs
An heir's right to retrocession has been repealed.
2 : the act of ceding back something (as jurisdiction) ...

Under the intestacy rules in Roberta's state, "[t]he property of a person who dies ab intestato without a spouse and children shall be transferred to the state, unless heirs can be found from the following list, ...

Words in a conveyance or in a will which set the duration of an estate. If a will said "to Bob and his heirs", the words "and his heirs" were words of limitation because they indicate that Bob gets the land in fee simple and his heirs get no interest.

In legal terms, this might be a group of people with the same level of rights (such as heirs who are equally related to the deceased), or who've suffered from the same discrimination or other injury.

HAEREDITAS JACENS
This is said of an inheritance which is not taken by the heirs, but remains in abeyance. ... more
HAERES
civil law. An heir, one who succeeds to the whole inheritance. 2. These are of various kinds. 1. Haeres natus,... more ...

fee simple pl: fees simple [simple without limitation (as to heirs) and unrestricted (as to transfer of ownership)] : a fee that is alienable (as by deed, will, or intestacy) and of potentially indefinite ...

A public administrator is a public officer who administers an estate when there are no heirs or other persons available to act as an administrator.

reversion
n. in real property, the return to the grantor or his/her heirs o...
reverter
n. synonymous with reversion.

Language used to leave property to a person and his or her descendants, which typically take the form "to A, and the heirs of his body," where A is the person receiving the property.

escheat - The forfeit of all property to the state when a person dies without heirs.

The text of the affirmation is: - "I...do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors according to law".

escheat - In American law, the right of the state to an estate left vacant, to which no one makes a valid claim. Property of a decedent who had no will and no heirs escheats to the state.

property is returned to the government upon the death of the owner, because there is nobody to inherit the property. Escheat is based on the Latin principle of dominion directum as was often used in the feudal system when a tenant died without heirs ...

The interests must equal, accruing under the same conveyance, and beginning at the same time. Upon death of a joint tenant the interest passes to the surviving joint tenants, rather than to the heirs of the deceased.

That the testator understands what property is being included in the will; and
3. That the testator understands the proposed disposition of that property; and
4. That the testator knows and recognizes his or her heirs.

the copyright holder's life, not only because many "authors" and copyright holders are corporations with the ability to make new investments in older works (for example, the restoration of old movies), but also because the right of an author's heirs ...

Generally, the probate process involves collecting a decedent's assets, liquidating liabilities, paying necessary taxes, and distributing property to heirs.

The office may be appointed to administer estates where there is no will, heirs or executor. The office also plays a role in protecting the public interest in charitable property.

See also: Law, Person, Property, Will, Estate