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Persons who by virtue of testament or by law succeed to all or part of an estate, represented by a body of rights and obligations, upon the death of the owner of that estate.
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Persons upon whom the statute of descent casts the title to real property upon the death of the ancestor.
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The persons who receive assets following a person's death.
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After payment of creditors, these individuals would be entitled to a person's estate had the person died without a will and without a surviving spouse.
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Persons entitled to a portion of a decedent’s estate.
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Heirs (except as controlled by A.R.S. section 14-2711) means persons, including the surviving spouse and the state, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent.
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Persons who inherit from another by operation of law where there is no valid Will.
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Persons who are entitled by law to inherit from an estate if there is not a will to pass property at death.
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Those persons who are legally entitled to receive a decedent's property.
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A person entitled as the legal successor of its former holder.
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The persons who are entitled to receive your assets following your death.
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Those persons who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent. Holographic Will: A will in which the signature and material provisions are in the handwriting of the testator, and which needs not be witnessed.
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Those entitled bylaw or by the terms of a will to inherit property from another.
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Persons who are entitled by law to inherit the property of the deceased if there is no will specifying how it's divided.
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An individual entitled by law to inherit from another.
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can come in various forms. The heir general is one who succeeds to both the heritable and moveable property of a deceased person, who also happens to be that person's heir at law and heir by normal course of succession (his heir of line); the heir of provision on the other hand, is one who succeeds by virtue of the terms of a settlement or some express provision; "heir special" refers to the right of an heir to receive infeftment in particular lands, and heirs portioners are women who succeed jointly to heritable property; see also apparent heir heirship moveables certain moveable goods (generally the best) belonging to the deceased, to which the heir in heritage was entitled by law
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Persons who are entitled by law to inherit your estate if you don't leave a Will, or any person or institution named in your Will.
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The persons designated by law to succeed to the Estate of a Decedent who leaves no Will.
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Those persons who would inherit the estate of a decedent if there were no Will under the rules of descent and distribution. "Heir" does not mean the same thing as "beneficiary", although an heir may also be a beneficiary.
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Persons who succeed to the estate of someone who dies intestate?(without a will). It sometimes indicates anyone who is entitled to inherit a decedent's property. Back to the Top
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The persons who receive your assets under a will or following your death if you die intestate.
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Those persons who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent. Incidents of Ownership Rights applying to ownership interest in an insurance policy. These include the right to change a beneficiary, to borrow on a policy, to change premium modes, and so on.
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person entitled by law to inherit the estate of a deceased person
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