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Nemo Est Haeres Viventis

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

No one is an heir to the living. Co. Litt. 22b; 2 Bl. Comqi. 70, 107, 208; Viner, Abr. "Abeyance"; 2 Bouv. Inst. 1694; 1832; 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 36.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

No one is the heir of one who is living. See 127 N. Y 166, 24 Am. St. Rep. 438, 13 L. R. A. 46, 27 N. E. 959.