as in heir
a person who has the right to inherit property
all of the heirs at law must be located before settlement of the estate is completed
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heir
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Croke received a campaign contribution of more than $72,000 from Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026 -
Stepchildren are not automatically considered legal heirs unless they are legally adopted, so they must be specifically named in estate planning documents or risk being unintentionally disinherited.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Heir at law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heir%20at%20law. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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