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  2. Inheritance - Wikipedia

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    In law, an "heir" (FEM: heiress) is a person who is entitled to receive a share of property from a decedent (a person who died), subject to the rules of inheritance in the jurisdiction where the decedent was a citizen, or where the decedent died or owned property at the time of death.

  3. Heir (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Heir may also refer to: Heir apparent, the first in line to a throne or other title, who cannot be displaced by birth of another heir; Heir presumptive, the current first in line to a title; Heirs of the line, heirs in the line of succession; Heirs of the body, descendants of a particular person who are entitled to inherit a title or property

  4. Order of succession - Wikipedia

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    Examples are Henry the Young King and the heirs of elective monarchies, such as the use of the title King of the Romans for the Habsburg emperors. In the partially elective system of tanistry, the heir or tanist was elected from the qualified males of the royal family. Different monarchies use different rules to determine the line of succession.

  5. Primogeniture - Wikipedia

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    Proximity meant that an heir closer in degree of kinship to the lord in question was given precedence although that heir was not necessarily the heir by primogeniture. The Burgundian succession in 1361 was resolved in favor of King John II , son of a younger daughter, on basis of blood proximity, being a nearer cousin of the dead duke than ...

  6. Male heir - Wikipedia

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    A male heir (sometimes heirs male)—usually describing the first-born son (primogeniture) or oldest surviving son of a family—has traditionally been the recipient of the residue of the estate, titles, wealth and responsibilities of his father in a patrilineal system. [1]

  7. Probate research - Wikipedia

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    Succession law determines who a person’s legal heirs (also called legal issue in the US) are [1].There also may be known heirs from one part of the family, but another part of the family may be unknown (usually the case in intestate succession) In other cases, an heir may not be a family member, but someone who has been named as heir in a ...

  8. Heir apparent - Wikipedia

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    In some jurisdictions, an heir apparent can automatically lose that status by breaching certain constitutional rules. Today, for example: A British heir apparent would lose this status if he or she became a Catholic. This is the only religion-based restriction on the heir apparent. Previously, marrying a Catholic also equated to losing this status.

  9. Hereditary title - Wikipedia

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    This could arise when a title passes through and vests in female heirs in the absence of a male heir. Before they could inherit, each of the female heirs would be an heir presumptive. After they inherited, since the title could not be held by two people simultaneously, two daughters (without a brother) who inherited in this way would do so as ...