Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 19 compound words that contain heir. The most common are listed below. Open heir in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- heir apparentSomeone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
- heir presumptiveSomeone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a higher-ranking claim is born.
- heir-at-lawA person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
- forced heirA person who, under the laws of a particular jurisdiction, can not be disinherited, even by a will.
- heir generalSynonym of heir-at-law: A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
- laughing heirIn the law of inheritance, an heir who is legally entitled to inherit the property of a person who has died, even though that heir is only distantly related to the deceased, and therefore has no reason to feel bereaved over the death.
- heir apparencyThe status of being heir apparent.
- pretermitted heirA person who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the party or of the relationship at the time the will was written.
- heir-loomAlternative form of heirloom: A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
- service of an heirA proceeding before a jury to determine the heir of a deceased person.
- laughing heir statuteA statute that prohibits inheritance from passing to an heir who is too distantly removed from the deceased.
- legal heirSynonym of heir-at-law: A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
- statutory heirSynonym of heir-at-law: A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
- heir-loomsplural of heir-loom: A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
- heir by customOne whose right to inherit as heir is determined by customary modes of descent, such as gavelkind.
- heir apparenciesplural of heir apparency: The status of being heir apparent.
- laughing heir statutesplural of laughing heir statute: A statute that prohibits inheritance from passing to an heir who is too distantly removed from the deceased.
Compound words 19
- heirshipThe status of being heir to something or someone
- heirhoodThe state or condition of being an heir; heirship
- heirlessWithout an heir.
- heirlingDiminutive of heir: Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
- heirheadThe foolish heir to a large fortune.
- unheiredwithout an heir; heirless.
- heirdomAn inheritance or succession.
- disheirTo disinherit.
- millionheirAn heir to a million units of currency or more.
- heirloomA valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.