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Heir-at-law   /ɛr-æt-lɔ/   Listen
Heir-at-law

noun
1.
The person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.





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"Heir-at-law" Quotes from Famous Books



... soul was concerned—consequently when death overtook him and he, perforce, laid down the only thing he valued, his fortune, it had reached proportions of which figures could give but little idea. His daughter Joyce, sole heir-at-law, was almost overwhelmed by the burden of these millions, especially as she realized how dishonestly they had been acquired. She thoroughly appreciated the methods taken to possess them (one cannot say earn in this connection) and her sensitive ...
— Joyce's Investments - A Story for Girls • Fannie E. Newberry


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