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HEIR - A person entitled under state laws of intestacy to property of a decedent who did not have a will. At common law, this term was restricted to lawfully born children who could inherit land from an ancestor; under statutes, it includes all those who have the right to inherit from a deceased person if there is no will specifying how it's divided.
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