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heir



Pronunciation: (âr), [key]
—n.
1. a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
2. Law.
a. (in common law) a person who inherits all the property of a deceased person, as by descent, relationship, will, or legal process.
b. Civ. Law.a person who legally succeeds to the place of a deceased person and assumes the rights and obligations of the deceased, as the liabilities for debts or the possessory rights to property.
3. a person who inherits or is entitled to inherit the rank, title, position, etc., of another.
4. a person or group considered as inheriting the tradition, talent, etc., of a predecessor.

—v.t.
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.to inherit; succeed to.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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