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Definition of Heirship
1. n. The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting.
Definition of Heirship
1. Noun. The status of being heir to something or someone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heirship
1. the right to inheritance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heirship
Literary usage of Heirship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"There are some particular kinds of moveables which fall under heirship, though
there should be but one individual of that kind belonging to the deceased; ..."
2. Indian Land Laws: Being a Treatise on Indianland Titles in Oklahoma and by Samuel Thomas Bledsoe (1913)
"Descent—Right of heirship as affected by sections 6458 to 6464, ... heirship as
affected by section 6488, Revised Laws of 1910— History of statute providing ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Abstracts and Examinations of Title to Real Property by George William Warvelle (1921)
"Proof of heirship. Though title vests in the heir by operation of law immediately
on the death of the ancestor, yet purchasers desire, and should have, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the Action of Ejectment and by George William Warvelle (1905)
"heirship through affinity.—As previously shown the fundamental idea of heirship
at common ... But, as heirship is strictly a matter of statutory creation, ..."
5. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1905)
"... the only heirship referred to being the heirship of the earldom, and that only
for the purpose of restricting and qualifying the fee before given. ..."
6. Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq., of Lincoln's-Inn by Charles Butler (1822)
"heirship and Venality of Judicial Offices in France. AN Englishman will hear with
... This edict gave rise both to the heirship and sale of offices. ..."
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