heirship

Example Sentences

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That heirship hearing would ultimately reveal Taylor’s real identity and offer a window into her troubled past.

From Slate • May 27, 2019

The judge in that heirship case ruled, correctly, that Taylor had no claim on the gambling kingpin’s estate.

From New York Times • May 17, 2019

In glitzy 1889 Paris, hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie’s team of teenage miscreants is helping him exact revenge against those who denied him an heirship 10 years prior.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2018

Some appeals are still pending from people whose claims of heirship were rejected earlier.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2017

It had been seated there ever since the death of Squire Trevlyn, influencing her actions, warping her temper—the question of the heirship of Trevlyn.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry