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(law, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
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(property law) Ultimate ownership of real property that is not granted out of a superior interest in land and therefore not inherently subject to any encumbrance; almost always held by the state; the title out of which freehold title is granted.
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(law, Scotland) A fine or penalty.
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(law) The right, based in English common law, of a property owner to retain an accustomed, unobstructed view and satisfactory illumination from his or her window(s), restricting nearby construction that would obstruct such a view or such illumination; the window(s) providing such an accustomed view or satisfactory illumination.
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(law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
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(Canada, US) An original member of an organization; a member named in an organization's charter.
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One of several who are heirs to an estate
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One of several people who are heiresses to an estate.
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One of several who are heritors to an estate
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One of several who are inheritors to an estate
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(law) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
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(chiefly US) An endowed faculty position which is supported by the annual payout from a privately funded endowment. The endowment may cover the faculty salary, research and travel stipends or other associated costs and continues in perpetuity.
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(transitive, chiefly law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.
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(UK, law, obsolete or historical) A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener (or whomever of the coparceners is so entitled by a court) to choose first after an inheritance is divided.
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(obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
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(law) One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.
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(Scotland, law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter.
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Synonym of fideicommissum
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(law) A person who, under the laws of a particular jurisdiction, can not be disinherited, even by a will.
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(law) The circumstance of a forced heir existing.
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(Britain, law, historical) A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail.
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The legal right, granted by the crown of England, to own, maintain, and hunt on a piece of land set aside for the keeping and breeding of beasts of warren.
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A custom having the force of law.
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One who inherits through gavelkind.
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(law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document.
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(Canada, US, now historical) A legal grant to own unsettled land in colonial America, or the land so claimed.
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One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
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(usually monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
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(law) Alternative spelling of heir-at-law [(law) A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.]
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(law) One whose right to inherit as heir is determined by customary modes of descent, such as gavelkind.
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(law) Synonym of heir-at-law
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Someone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a higher-ranking claim is born.
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(law) A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
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An inheritance or succession.
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Obsolete form of heir. [Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.]
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A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.
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The people who will legitimately inherit the throne in the future.
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A person who inherits; an heir or heiress.
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Obsolete form of heir. [Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.]
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A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands.
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(obsolete, Roman Catholicism) The incorporation of certain property, rights, or income into the dominion of the Pope.
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The period during which a person is indentured.
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(uncommon) heir, inheritor (one who inherits)
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Someone who inherits something; an heir.
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The state of being a landholder.
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The state of being a landlord
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(law) In the law of inheritance, an heir who is legally entitled to inherit the property of a person who has died, even though that heir is only distantly related to the deceased, and therefore has no reason to feel bereaved over the death.
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(law) Synonym of heir-at-law
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(now historical) A warrant issued by the monarch in ancien régime France, especially one which imprisons someone without trial.
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(law, historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn verbal contract by which the ownership of certain types of goods (res mancipi) was transferred.
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(law, historical) A custom or right, analogous to borough English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, by which certain entailed estates, such as a homestead and adjacent land, descended to the youngest male heir.
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A formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant.
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(historical) One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration.
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(Britain, historical) The prerogative of the Crown to static separation of duty with goods and services for royal use.
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(law) The office and duties of a receiver.
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A property or possession so inherited.
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(Scotland, law) A proceeding before a jury to determine the heir of a deceased person.
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(law) Synonym of attorney-client privilege
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An act or engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent not specially authorized for the purpose, or by one who exceeds the limits of authority.
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A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
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(law) Synonym of heir-at-law
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(obsolete, rare) The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.
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The next heir in order or succession.
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(chiefly law) Pertaining to a successor or succession.
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The state, condition, or status of being a successor.
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Obsolete spelling of successor [A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.]
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Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.
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A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
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The person who possesses a rank or title.
adj
Holding a rank or title.
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(historical) A state that is subject to another and has to pay regular tribute to the latter as a token of submission.
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(law) Office or function of a trustee.
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(countable) A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
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