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Definition of Coheirs
1. coheir [n] - See also: coheir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coheirs
Literary usage of Coheirs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Civil Law in Its Natural Order by Jean Domat (1850)
"OF THE ENGAGEMENTS OF coheirs TO ONE ANOTHER. 2658. WHEN there are two or more
heirs who succeed jointly to an inheritance, whether it be by testament or as ..."
2. A Constitutional History of the House of Lords by Luke Owen Pike (1894)
"If an Earl held a county, together with lands in other counties, and died without
male heir, partition could be made between his female coheirs, and one of ..."
3. 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 (1901)
"In tracing the *representation of the other two coheirs, the claimant [ *775 ]
found that they were represented by twelve persons. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Heard and Decided in the House of Lords on Appeals and by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Charles Clark, William Finnelly, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1873)
"In tracing the * representation of the other two coheirs, the claimant found that
they were represented by twelve persons. When that claim was before the ..."
5. Baronia Anglica Concentrata, Or, A Concentrated Account of All the Baronies by Thomas Christopher Banks (1844)
"Still it does not appear how these coheirs of Sir John Chandos were connected
with the family of D'Amory.— Vide Originalia, 50 Edw. III., Rot. 6. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Origin and Nature of Dignities, Or Titles of Honor by William Cruise (1823)
"Divisible among coheirs. Grand Const, c. 26 Baronia Angl. 39. ... it was divisible,
like any other estate; and each of the coheirs held his or her share ..."
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