heirship

Example Sentences

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That heirship hearing would ultimately reveal Taylor’s real identity and offer a window into her troubled past.

From Slate • May 27, 2019

The documents she presented to affirm her heirship were clear forgeries.

From New York Times • May 17, 2019

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 • Dec. 31, 2018

Some appeals are still pending from people whose claims of heirship were rejected earlier.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2017

And apart from the place of the hat in the regulations of the tilting ring, it was occasionally used in Scotland as a symbol in connection with what were known as heirship goods.

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