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  2. Heir (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    An heir (fem. heiress) is one who inherits.. 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

  3. Order of succession - Wikipedia

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    The rules may stipulate that eligible heirs are heirs male or heirs general – see further primogeniture (agnatic, cognatic, and also equal). Certain types of property pass to a descendant or relative of the original holder, recipient or grantee according to a fixed order of kinship.

  4. Heir property - Wikipedia

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    Heirs Property occurs when a deceased person's heirs or will beneficiaries become owners of property (also known as real property) as tenants in common. [3] When a property is probated, a deceased person either has a will and the property is passed on to the named beneficiary, or a deceased person dies intestate, without a will, and the property could be split among multiple heirs who become ...

  5. Heir and spare - Wikipedia

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    Historically, it was the duty of women to deliver these heirs for the sake of the perpetuation of the extant economic and social system. For example, before Geneviève d'Arconville began her scientific work, she married and, while still a teenager, "had produced for him an heir, a spare, and even a third son for good measure."

  6. Duchy - Wikipedia

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    The Duchy of Cornwall was created in 1337 and held successively by the Dukes of Cornwall, who were also heirs to the throne. Nowadays, the Duchy of Cornwall belongs to the sovereign's heir apparent , if there is one: it reverts to the Crown in the absence of an heir apparent and is automatically conferred to the heir apparent upon birth.

  7. Heir presumptive - Wikipedia

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    The list is limited to heirs presumptive who did not succeed due to death, abolition of monarchies, or change in succession law. Marcus Claudius Marcellus was heir presumptive to his uncle and father-in-law Augustus until his death in 23 BC. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was heir presumptive to his father-in-law Augustus until his death in 12 BC.

  8. Category:Lists of heirs - Wikipedia

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    A category for those articles that list heirs-apparent and heirs-presumptive to various thrones. Pages in category "Lists of heirs" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.

  9. Line of hereditary succession - Wikipedia

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    In inheritance, a hereditary successor is a person who inherits an indivisible title or office after the death of the previous title holder. The hereditary line of succession may be limited to heirs of the body, or may pass also to collateral lines, in case of extinction of heirs of the body, depending on the succession rules.