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POSTHUMOUS HEIR [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

A person might be heir and not absolutely heir; as of land descended to an heir presumptive and afterwards a nearer heir was born; but after the Inheritance Act, 1833, this became impossible, except in the case of a posthumous heir being born. (Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 897)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

héritier posthume : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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