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- noun Plural form of
heire .
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Examples
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Sealed & clcliGl '". the said Thomas heing in possession and y* = word heires interlined before sealing in y" p''sencc of.
Suffolk deeds 1653
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Ye shalbe true and faithful vnto the Kinge our Soveraigne lord kinge Henry the eight and vnto his heires ...
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It was “necessary,” said the Massachusetts charter of 1691, “that all our Subjects should have liberty to Appeale to us our heires and Successors in Cases that may deserve the same.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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It was “necessary,” said the Massachusetts charter of 1691, “that all our Subjects should have liberty to Appeale to us our heires and Successors in Cases that may deserve the same.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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It was “necessary,” said the Massachusetts charter of 1691, “that all our Subjects should have liberty to Appeale to us our heires and Successors in Cases that may deserve the same.”
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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Thanne I trowe wel, that within a lytyl tyme, our righte heritage before seyd scholde be reconsyled and put in the hondes of the right heires of Jesu
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Wherupon thei yet sticke faste in this opinion, that thei onely of al men are the lawfull heires of Goddes beheste.
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I will not be vnmindfull to put them in remembrance, that haue a desire to goe into those parts, how they shall keepe their goods, and giue them to their heires at the time of their death, [Marginal note: A very good order that they haue in those Countreys for the recouering of the goods of the dead.] and howe this may be done very securely.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And when there shall be no such persons so nominated or appointed by vs, our heires or successors, that then the said Edward Osborne, Thomas
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And to the ende no deceipt be vsed herein to vs our heires, and successors, certificate shall be brought from our collector of custome inwardes to our customer outwardes that the sayd marchandizes haue within the time limited answered their due custome, subsidie, pondage and other duties for the same inwards.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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