heir : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: heir	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heir n a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another Synonym(s): heir, inheritor, heritor a person who inherits some title or office Synonym(s): successor, heir
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heir \Heir\, n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Hereditary}, {Heritage}.] 1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter. I am my father's heir and only son. --Shak. 2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues. And I his heir in misery alone. --Pope. {Heir apparent}. (Law.) See under {Apparent}. {Heir at law}, one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law Dict.). {Heir presumptive}, one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heir \Heir\, v. t. To inherit; to succeed to. [R.] One only daughter heired the royal state. --Dryden.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Heir Under the patriarchs the property of a father was divided among the sons of his legitimate wives (Gen. 21:10; 24:36; 25:5), the eldest son getting a larger portion than the rest. The Mosaic law made specific regulations regarding the transmission of real property, which are given in detail in Deut. 21:17; Num. 27:8; 36:6; 27:9-11. Succession to property was a matter of right and not of favour. Christ is the "heir of all things" (Heb. 1:2; Col. 1:15). Believers are heirs of the "promise," "of righteousness," "of the kingdom," "of the world," "of God," "joint heirs" with Christ (Gal 3:29; Heb. 6:17; 11:7; James 2:5; Rom. 4:13; 8:17).