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HEIR-AT-LAW [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
  • Law of Succession (civil law)
  • Property Law (civil law)
DEF

The person entitled to succeed to the real property of a person who dies intestate.

CONT

Heir general. He who, after his ancestor’s death intestate, has a right to all lands, tenements and hereditaments that belonged to him or of which he was seized. The same as heir general.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
CONT

Les héritiers légaux : La loi prévoit à qui reviennent les biens du défunt si celui-ci n'a pas laissé de disposition de dernière volonté : ce sera la "dévolution légale de la succession". Plusieurs possibilités peuvent se présenter en fonction du fait que le défunt laisse ou non un conjoint survivant ou un cohabitant légal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho privado
  • Derecho hereditario (derecho civil)
  • Derecho de propiedad (derecho civil)
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Record 2 2013-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

No one could have any estate or interest, at law or in equity, in the property of a living person by reason of the fact that he hoped to succeed as heir-at-law or next of kin.... Such mere expectation, known as a "spes successionis", conferred no actual interest in the property, not even a contingent interest, or an interest in expectancy....(Halsbury, 4th ed., Vol. 39, p. 344)

French

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

espoir de succession : 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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