Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 3 compound words that contain heirs. The most common are listed below. Open heirs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- heirs apparentplural of heir apparent: Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
- heirs generalplural of heir general: A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
- laughing heirsplural of laughing heir: In 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 …
- heirs presumptiveplural of heir presumptive: Someone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a higher-ranking claim is born.
- pretermitted heirsplural of pretermitted heir: A 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.
- forced heirsplural of forced heir: A person who, under the laws of a particular jurisdiction, can not be disinherited, even by a will.
- legal heirsplural of legal heir: A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
- statutory heirsplural of statutory heir: A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
- heirs by customplural of heir by custom: One whose right to inherit as heir is determined by customary modes of descent, such as gavelkind.
- heirs-at-lawplural of heir-at-law: A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
- heirs and successorsThe people who will legitimately inherit the throne in the future.
Compound words 3
- heirshipsplural of heirship: The status of being heir to something or someone
- disheirsthird-person singular simple present indicative of disheir: To disinherit.
- millionheirsplural of millionheir: An heir to a million units of currency or more.