A Heir
<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">1.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">person</span> <span class="oneClick-link">who</span> <span class="oneClick-link">inherits</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">has</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">right</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">inheritnce</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">property</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of </span><span class="oneClick-link">another</span> <span class="oneClick-link">following</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">latter's</span> <span class="oneClick-link">death.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">2.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="dbox-italic"><span class="oneClick-link">Law.</span></span>
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<li><span class="oneClick-link">(in</span> <span class="oneClick-link">common</span> <span class="oneClick-link">law)</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">person</span> <span class="oneClick-link">who</span> <span class="oneClick-link">inherits</span> <span class="oneClick-link">all</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">property</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span><span class="oneClick-link">deceased</span> <span class="oneClick-link">person,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">as</span> <span class="oneClick-link">by</span> <span class="oneClick-link">descent,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">relationship,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">will,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">legal</span> <span class="oneClick-link">process.</span></li>
<li><span class="dbox-italic"><span class="oneClick-link">Civil</span> <span class="oneClick-link">Law.</span> </span><span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">person</span> <span class="oneClick-link">who</span> <span class="oneClick-link">legally</span> <span class="oneClick-link">succeeds</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">place</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">deceased</span><span class="oneClick-link">person</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">assumes</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">rights</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">obligations</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">deceased,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">as</span><span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">liabilities</span> <span class="oneClick-link">for</span> <span class="oneClick-link">debts</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">possessory</span> <span class="oneClick-link">rights</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">property.</span></li>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">3.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">person</span> <span class="oneClick-link">who</span> <span class="oneClick-link">inherits</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">is</span> <span class="oneClick-link">entitled</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">inherit</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">rank,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">title,</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">position,</span><span class="oneClick-link">etc.,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">another.</span></div>
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<div class="def-set"><span class="def-number"><span class="oneClick-link">4.</span></span>
<div class="def-content"><span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">person</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">group</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">considered</span> <span class="oneClick-link">as</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">inheriting</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">tradition,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">talent,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">etc.,</span><span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">predecessor.</span></div>
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