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Heir at law

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

He who, after his ancestor's death intestate, has a right to inherit all lands, tenements, and hereditaments which belonged to him or of which he was seised. The same as "heir general."

Forrest v. Porch, lOO Tenn. 391, 45 S. W. 676; In re Aspden's Estate, 2 Fed. Cas. 42; McKinney v. Stewart, 5 Kan. 394.