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heredes

American  
[hi-ree-deez] / hɪˈri diz /

noun

  1. plural of heres.


heredes British  
/ hɪˈriːdiːz /

noun

  1. the plural of heres

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At about the same time the Earl of Chester and Huntingdon gave a charter to Chester forbidding trade in the town “nisi ipsi cives mei Cestrie et eorum heredes vel per eorum gratum.”

From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Hibbert, Francis Aiden

Here then was a voluntary transfer of more or less property at pleasure to persons freely chosen, who were not necessarily universal successors, if they ever were, and who nevertheless took under the name heredes.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Ita quod si de campo predicto in quo factum est inhoc pars quaedam remaneat inculta sine blado, in eadem parte habebunt predictus Ricardus et heredes sui communam cum abbate et conventu et suis.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

To return to Bracton, it must be understood that the description of assigns as quasi heredes is not accidental.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Heirs are called sui heredes, that is, heirs of themselves or of their own property, as is explained by Gaius.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell