heirship
Example Sentences
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“In my 29 years of practice I never had somebody show up this late in the game on proof of heirship,” said Robert Rondini, the court-appointed special administrator in the probate case.
From Seattle Times
That heirship hearing would ultimately reveal Taylor’s real identity and offer a window into her troubled past.
From Slate
The documents she presented to affirm her heirship were clear forgeries.
From New York Times
The judge in that heirship case ruled, correctly, that Taylor had no claim on the gambling kingpin’s estate.
From New York Times
In glitzy 1889 Paris, hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie’s team of teenage miscreants is helping him exact revenge against those who denied him an heirship 10 years prior.
From Washington Post
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