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heir at law

noun

Definition of heir at law

as in heir

a person who has the right to inherit property all of the heirs at law must be located before settlement of the estate is completed

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Murdaugh, a once-rich and imposing heir to a Southern legal dynasty, is scheduled to stand trial again in April on two murder charges in the June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, at their home in Colleton County.

— Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
In 1961, a Stroganoff heir filed for return of the Cranach and a Rembrandt, saying they had been looted by the Soviets.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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