Heirs

Word HEIRS
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Definitions and meanings of "Heirs"

What do we mean by heirs?

Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.

One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.

A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.

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The word "heirs" in example sentences

Should she die first without heirs, the property was secured to the _heirs and assignes of the said Thomas Nash_, a reversion certainly not fair to Joan Hart, the poet's sister, and her children. ❋ Unknown (1885)

I., a tenant in fee simple might grant lands to be holden by the grantee and his heirs _of the grantor and his heirs_, subject to feudal services and to escheat; and by such subinfeudation manors were created. ❋ Various (1852)

It may be further observed, that in the preamble to the Great Charter it is stipulated that the barons shall _hold_ the liberties there granted _to them and their heirs, from the king and his heirs_; which shows that the doctrine of an unalienable tenure was always uppermost in their minds. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

Income consumed by heirs is taxed under the consumption tax. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And overall, in terms of experimental and repurposed film, the phenomenal, unparalleled work of the likes of Guy Sherwin, the old master, and Ben Russell and Ben Rivers, the heirs, is certainly more of an assault in both audio and visual terms. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Christians are often called heirs of God, Ro 8: 17; ❋ Unknown (1949)

Well, we shall see which of your heirs is worth a stag-florin. ❋ Cicely Hauff McDonnell (1903)

That this indemnification was not in the testator's mind, cannot be proved from the will any more than it could be proved, in the first case above, that the testator did not know a fee simple would pass a will without the word heirs; nor than, in the second case, that the devise of a trust, that might continue forever, would convey a fee-simple without the like words. ❋ George W. Williams (1870)

In a devise to a roan and his heirs, the word heirs is used only to measare out the quantity of estate which the devisee is to take, and not a3 a word of purchase; for which reason if the devisee dies in tlie life of the devisor, his heirs shall not take. ❋ Unknown (1790)

In a charitable moment, you might believe that Ms. Pawel has in mind the UFW itself as Cesar's "heirs"---she could get away with that much at the figurative level. ❋ Unknown (2006)

One of Barnard’s principal intellectual heirs is the management theorist Jim Collins. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first arc, the Marshes Episode, focuses on Guin’s escape from invading Mongaul armies while he protects the young twin heirs of a defeated country. (from: ANN) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Note I am not saying that all providing for one’s heirs is a product of this system: people can of course rationally choose to save for the purpose of providing an inheritance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Marriage was historically an institution to produce legitimate heirs, which is why virginity was prized in a bride. ❋ TK (2010)

A 65-year-old man who buys an annuity with a "ten-year period certain" feature has the right to checks for ten years, even if his heirs are the ones to cash them. ❋ Scott Woolley (2009)

Don't I know it? "he began to think it must be stopped before one killed the other, for he could not get out of his head the saying of the old witch, as he called her:" Well, we shall see which of your heirs is worth a stag-florin! " ❋ Cicely Hauff McDonnell (1903)

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