Disinheritance - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: disinheritanceDisinheritance
The act of disinheriting or the condition of being disinherited disherison...
disinherit
disinherit : to prevent deliberately from inheriting something (as by making a will) see also elective share dis·in·her·i·tance [-her-ə-təns] n ...
Disheritance
The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited disinheritance...
disherison
disherison [Anglo-French dishereison desheriteson, from Old French deseriteison, from desheriter to disinherit, from des-, prefix marking reversal + heriter to inherit, from Late Latin hereditare] : the act of disinheriting ...
elective share
elective share : the share (as one third) of an estate set by statute that a widow or widower or sometimes a child is entitled to claim in lieu of any provisions made in a will or in the event of being disinherited unjustifiably called also forced share compare curtesy, dower ...
heir
heir : one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of property after the death of its owner: as a : one who by operation of law inherits the property and esp. the real property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will used in jurisdictions whose law is based on English common law called also heir at law heir general legal heir compare issue b in the civil law of Louisiana : one who succeeds to the estate of a person by will or esp. by operation of law see also intestacy, unworthy compare ancestor, devisee, legatee, next of kin, successor apparent heir : heir apparent in this entry beneficiary heir in the civil law of Louisiana : an heir who exercises the benefit of inventory which limits the amount of his or her liability for the decedent's debts bod·i·ly heir : heir of the body in this entry forced heir : an heir who cannot be disinherited except for causes recognized by law ;esp in the civil law of Louisiana : an heir who because of yo...
disheir
To disinherit...
disherit
To disinherit to cut off or detain from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance...
Disinherit
To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession to prevent as an heir from coming into possession of any property or right which by law or custom would devolve on him in the course of descent...
Exheredate
To disinherit...
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