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heir(s) Laws of
inheritance were precise in ancient Israel, and gave priority to the eldest son (Deut. 21: 17) of a man's wife, and therefore by rights
Esau rather than
Jacob was entitled to his father's
blessing (Gen. 27: 36). Cf. Luke 15: 31. However, it was possible for a daughter also to inherit (Job 42: 15) provided that she did not marry outside the tribe (Num. 27: 1–8). If there were no children, the brother of the deceased came into the inheritance.
Paul uses the principle of inheritance to describe a person's relationship to God (Rom. 8: 16–17; cf. Heb. 9: 15).
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Heir raising.(succession in family businesses)
Magazine article from: Entrepreneur; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...next generation? Heirs need these business...more skillful the heir must become in financial...the belly," while heirs are committed to bringing...even wise--for the heir apparent to be a clone...clients to prepare heirs by having them work...then having the heir run a unit of the...
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Heir hunters quietly seek the jackpot
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/24/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the largely unregulated business of "heir hunting" or "money tracing" is receiving...office delegated the task to free-lance heir finders -- a shortcut that's been blamed...of government-held funds. But not all heir finders are suspicious characters. Typically...
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Heir hunters keep on the lookout for relatives with a claim to riches.
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 5/16/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...infusion by finding just one heir. Los Angeles may be the best place to look for heirs in America. "Los Angeles...probably the largest market heir hunters have," says...competitors. When they find the heirs they sign them to contracts promising the heir hunter a sizable portion...
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HEIR HUNTERS' SEARCHES PROFITABLE.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...exchange for finding heirs, hunters typically...attorney to handle the heir's legal claim to...times unduly pressure heirs. ``It just doesn...wound up paying an heir hunter part of his...who claim to locate heirs. . . . Legitimate heir-hunters almost...
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The heirs have option to buy.(News)
Newspaper article from: Post (South Africa); 10/8/2008; 700+ words
; ...is a coincidence that all the heirs and the purchase and sale agreement...consent form. Four of the six heirs have decided to withdraw from...listen. Should the deceased heir's share not be paid into an...family of the deceased and the heirs of the estate are entitled to...
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Inheritance and potential heirs
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/16/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...2004 Headline: Inheritance and potential heirs Byline: ADV. AMIHOUD BOROCHOV &...inheritance battle concerning potential heirs which culminated in a Supreme Court judgment...01). It concerned the right of known heirs, who are entitled to part of an inheritance...
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Land-grant heirs vote for new trustees in El Valle, N.M.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/7/2004; 700+ words
; ...meetings or including heirs in decisions. The October...is not a land-grant heir. Gonzales lost his bid...should be kept within the heirs. But then again, what...bylaws that if I, as an heir, sell my land to non-heirs, then my children should...
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Who is an heir? The answer is changing with the times
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 3/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...beneficiaries, not heirs.) Throughout history...answer to who is an heir has changed many times...child was deemed an heir of the father even...children are his equal heirs. However, Dad...came to be considered heirs of the adoptive parents...not considered to be heir of the birth ...
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A Way to Investors' Heirs: Strong relationships with clients can impress inheritors. That may lead them to keep their assets with you.
Magazine article from: On Wall Street; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...had campaigns to capture their clients' heirs as customers. As one tells me, "Most...they die, their assets will go to their heirs-who I don't know and who, in all probability...and build trust and confidence with those heirs so their assets will remain under my management...
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Rouse, Buyer Seek to Block Hughes Heirs In Del. Court
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/21/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...acquire it have gone to court to block heirs of the late billionaire Howard Hughes from...that erupted last month when the Hughes heirs became worried about their financial stake...Davis III, Kenneth E. Studdard and other heirs of Hughes, the reclusive movie, casino...
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heir
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The property that the heir receives is his inheritance...law confined the term heir to an inheritor of real...of kin. The group of heirs of a person may differ...living person and his heirs, the meaning is merely...No person may be the heir of a living person; the...
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Pretermitted Heir
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...to protect the rightful heirs. A pretermitted heir is a child or descendant...enacted "pretermitted heir statutes" that protect these heirs. The presumption of these...estate for pretermitted heirs. A pretermitted heir must be a child or descendant...
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Heir
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...law. An heir of the body is an heir who was either conceived or born...who has died, or a child of such heir. This type of heir is anyone who descends lineally...anyone named or can be shared by all heirs, but historically, the owner...
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heir apparent
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
heir ap·par·ent • n. ( pl. heirs ap·par·ent ) an heir whose claim cannot be set aside by the birth of another heir. Compare with heir presumptive . ∎ fig. a person who is...
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Heir of Redclyffe, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Heir of Redclyffe, The, a novel by C. M. Yonge , published 1853. Guy Morville, the heir of a baronetcy and an ancient house, is hot-tempered but generous. His priggish cousin Philip, by passing on ill-founded suspicions about Guy...
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