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Heir A person who inherits some or all of the estate of a recently deceased person. The legal successor is usually selected because they are related to the deceased by a direct bloodline or have been designated in a will or by a legal authority. Notes: Originating in feudal times, the heir was usually the oldest male child in the family.See also: Escheat, Inheritance
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25, 5-10) detailing the responsibility of a man to produce a male heir by the widow of his deceased heirless brother. [91] A component of West Germany's payments to Israel and world Jewry under the terms of the Luxembourg Treaty of 1952, also known as the Shilumim Agreement, was intended to cover payment for collective Jewish claims involving heirless communal property lost during World War II and the Holocaust. The marriage is described not as a union, as was the Fairfax/Vere marriage, but rather as the smaller severance that the heirless Fairfaxes must endure in the hope of staving off a greater one. |
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