(Scotland, law) A proceeding before a jury to determine the heir of a deceased person.

plural of heir-loom

An old variation on heirloom.

(law) A statute that prohibits inheritance from passing to an heir who is too distantly removed from the deceased.

plural of laughing heir statute

The status of being heir to something or someone

plural of heirship

plural of forced heirship

(law) The circumstance of a forced heir existing.