| 单词 | heir general |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheir general heir general n. = heir-at-law n.: used to include heirs female as well as heirs male. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > heir > heir to entailed estate heir general1491 heir in tailc1575 heir of entail1861 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 15 She was heire generall to John Mountagu late Erle of Salesbury. c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 232 The ȝounger brother~german..sould be servit and retourit air general or universal to him, and not the elder. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 457 In England, Spain and Sweden, the heir general did succeed: Whereas it was only the heir male in France, and Germany. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 3 My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. xix. v. 31 All parties in the suit..should know which lands were settled on the heirs male, which on the heirs general. < as lemmas |
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