legal heir

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By Wednesday, officials had issued a death certificate and legal heir documents, and the bank said the money had been handed over to the woman's family members.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The legal heir in this case would be your mother, unless your father had a will stating otherwise.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 2, 2025

There’s bound to be talk when Gonzalo Rodríguez de Tejeda, the rich Spanish godfather of Brunetti’s wife, Paola, adopts his lover and makes the young man his legal heir.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2019

Given the lack of any legal heir, Josephina, Morf, and Rhodora are all fully ready to lie about how they acquired his work, and take full advantage of its instant popularity.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2019

And that being the case—" "Under the terms of the ancient grant, there being no legal heir, the lands were confiscated to the crown.

From The Lady of the Mount by Isham, Frederic Stewart