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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The heir at common law was he to whom his ancestor's lands, etc., descended according to the common law as modified by the "Inheritance Act," 1833, as opposed to a customary heir or special heir, who inherited by virtue of a custom.... [Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, 897].  1, record 1, English, - heir%20at%20common%20law

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT

A deceased person's "heir at law" are those who succeed to his estate of inheritance under statutes of descent and distribution, in absence of testamentary disposition, and not necessarily his heirs at common law, who are persons succeeding to deceased's realty in case of his intestacy. (Black, 5th, p. 650)  1, record 1, English, - heir%20at%20common%20law

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

héritier selon la common law : 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).  2, record 1, French, - h%C3%A9ritier%20selon%20la%20common%20law

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish