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

If there is a will and it can be found, you have many rights, assuming you are a legal heir.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 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 after proving herself the legal heir of this estate, Miss Calvert may have to take a trip to England to see the London solicitors and straighten matters out there.

From Dorothy's Tour by Raymond, Evelyn