| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. One who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law Dict.).[Websters]. | |
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Heir at law | One who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law Dict.). Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Heir at law | Law | HEIR AT LAW. He who, after his ancestor's death intestate, has a right to all lands, tenements, and hereditaments, which belonged to him, or of which he was seized. The same as heir general. (q.v.). (references) | |
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