heir-at-law


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heir-at-law

the person entitled to succeed to the real property of a person who dies intestate.
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To add fuel to the fire, Mary Bono later had to defend a claim from a love child who came forward and filed as an heir-at-law, as well as a claim from Sonny's famous ex-wife, Cher, who alleged that Sonny still owed her money from their divorce.
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Francis Rupert is always described as the eldest son and heir-at-law of Adam Rupert of Osnabruck and, as such, he probably kept an interest in the property his father abandoned in Johnstown, New York.
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