Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition of being an heir.
- noun Right to inheritance; heirdom.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or rights of an heir; right of inheriting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting.
- noun [Scot.] certain kinds of movables which the heir is entitled to take, besides the heritable estate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The status of being
heir to something or someone
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Walí‘ahd” which may mean heir-presumptive (whose heirship is contingent) or heir-apparent.
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This kind of heirship is independent of the ties of kindred, independent of succession from parents, and requires nothing else save only power to utter the speech of the fatherland.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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You are free to dispose of your separate property however you wish and their is no forced heirship.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Decision in Marshall v. Stern (formerly Marshall v. Marshall): 2010
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Unlike most countries, France has a forced heirship system, meaning you can't choose who inherits the property.
A Buyer's Guide to France Tara Loader Wilkinson 2010
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And to complicate matters further, some countries, notably France, have "forced heirship" rules that dictate who can benefit from the deceased's estate and what proportion of it they can inherit.
No Escaping the Taxman Chris Owen 2010
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You are free to dispose of your separate property however you wish and their is no forced heirship.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Decision in Marshall v. Stern (formerly Marshall v. Marshall): 2010
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"Outside France, forced heirship is generally seen as an evil but attempts to subvert the rules often lead to the beneficiaries paying more tax," says Jonathan Benford,
How the U.K., France and Germany Handle Inheritance Chris OWEN 2010
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And to complicate matters further, some countries, notably France, have "forced heirship" rules that dictate who can benefit from the deceased's estate and what proportion of it they can inherit.
No Escaping the Taxman Chris Owen 2010
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"Outside France, forced heirship is generally seen as an evil but attempts to subvert the rules often lead to the beneficiaries paying more tax," says Jonathan Benford,
How the U.K., France and Germany Handle Inheritance Chris OWEN 2010
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Although different considerations apply to establish heirship and kinship, in this case they would produce the same result.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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