| 释义 |
`1`HEIR `2`
"Legal Lexicon":
HEIR - A person entitled under state laws of intestacy to property of
a decedent who did not have a will. At common law, this term was
restricted to lawfully born children who could inherit land from an
ancestor; under statutes, it includes all those who have the right to
inherit from a deceased person if there is no will specifying how
it's divided.
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