Meaning & use
heirship
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The status, right, or condition of being an heir to an estate or title.
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The court was asked to determine heirship after the landowner died without a will.
She questioned her cousin's claim of heirship to the family estate.
A note on using this word
Common in probate and estate law, where establishing heirship often requires formal legal proceedings.
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