heirs at law

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of heir at law.
  heir at law

  noun

  a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.

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heirs at law

Now, listen to this: 'Next of kin; information wanted concerning the whereabouts of James Douglas Carmichael, or his heirs at law.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell

I left Mallet and Leonard Lewis my heirs at law if I escaped, and my trustees should I be caught.

From Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast by James Fenimore Cooper

You and your sisters are the heirs at law.

From The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Grace Brooks Hill

"Then the estate reverts to the heirs at law, and you receive an annuity of one hundred pounds, payable quarterly."

From Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White

Finding that the heirs at law were satisfied with the arrangement of the estate under Gordon's daughter's management, he gave up his efforts at that time.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by David Nunes Carvalho

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