单词 | to fall heir |
释义 | > as lemmasto fall heir (d) intransitive. With noun complement (usually without determiner). Later frequently in to fall heir. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance > inherit to come to ——eOE eritage1382 heritage1382 inherita1400 herita1533 to fall heir1701 1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) viii. vi. sig. Ei/2 Nowe they speke gode of a man, whyle the lorde is his frende And if he falle enemy to hym, anone they speke him harme and velonye. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum iii. v. 97 By the death of the father the childe falleth warde vnto him. 1591–2 Ld. Bacon Let. in J. Spedding Lett. & Life Bacon (1861) I. 116 His eldest son is fallen ward. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 29 b At last they fal friends out of a voluntarie consent. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xix. sig. L8 'Tis gaine..that makes man fall a Traitor. 1701 tr. Last Will & Codicil of Charles II. King of Spain 7 If the Duke of Anjou happen to die, or fall Heir to that Crown, and prefer it to this of Spain, the Succession of Spain shall go to the Duke of Berry. 1886 J. J. H. Burgess Shetland Sketches & Poems 20 Guid gaird my sowl, boy! I tink doo's faa'n a fül. 1891 Harper's Mag. Dec. 100/2 The elder..eventually fell heir to a certain estate. 1911 G. W. Staunton & F. M. Stenton Family of Staunton iii. 42 William..being a minor, by tenure of his lands, fell ward to Edward, then Earl of Rutland. 2005 Times 20 Apr. 7/5 He failed to cope successfully with the political difficulties to which he fell heir. < as lemmas |
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