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Known Heirs

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In a statute relating to the sale of property of unknown heirs, it has been held to mean those persons who are known, and whose right, to inherit, or the extent of whose right, to inherit, is dependent on the non-existence of other persons nearer or as near as the ancestor in descent. 65 L L. The twelfth letter of the alphabet. As a Roman numeral It stands for 50. In the English money the small I Is the sign for pounds. It Is also an abbreviation for liber (book), law, lord. L. 5. means Long \ Qumto, which is the designation of one of the parts of the Year Books. L. 8. See Locus Sioilm. LA CHAMBRE OES ESTEILL^B. The Star chamber. See Court of Star Chamber.