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Apparent heir

Apparent heir. See HEIR. In Scots Law, he is the person to whom the succession to heritable property has actually opened. He is so called until his regular entry on the lands. The term is

Any property

or types of interest answering to the description of 'property' in law. Off course, the property must be heritable property in respect to which alone the question of succession may legitimately arise, Angurbala Mullick v. Debabrata Mullick,

Annuity

were for the purposes of intestate succession but not for any purpose other than descent, considered to be heritable and descended to the heir. On the other hand, a limitation of a personal annuity to A. and

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nonhereditary

Not inheritable through genetic transmission Opposite of inheritable and heritable

obligation

that is dependent on an uncertain event conventional obligation : an obligation taking the form of a contract heritable obligation : an obligation that may be enforced by the successor of the obligee or against the successor

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

Widow's Terce

for life which a wife has after her husband's death to a third of the rents of his heritable estate in Scotland; dower.

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Apparent heir

Apparent heir. See HEIR. In Scots Law, he is the person to whom the succession to heritable property has actually opened. He is so called until his regular entry on the lands. The term is

Any property

or types of interest answering to the description of 'property' in law. Off course, the property must be heritable property in respect to which alone the question of succession may legitimately arise, Angurbala Mullick v. Debabrata Mullick,

Annuity

were for the purposes of intestate succession but not for any purpose other than descent, considered to be heritable and descended to the heir. On the other hand, a limitation of a personal annuity to A. and

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nonhereditary

Not inheritable through genetic transmission Opposite of inheritable and heritable

obligation

that is dependent on an uncertain event conventional obligation : an obligation taking the form of a contract heritable obligation : an obligation that may be enforced by the successor of the obligee or against the successor

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

Widow's Terce

for life which a wife has after her husband's death to a third of the rents of his heritable estate in Scotland; dower.

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