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From: "Ed Mann" <>
Subject: Re: Meaning of Heirs
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:10:31 -0400
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Subject: Re: Meaning of Heirs


> Doesn't heirs simply mean "those who are to inherit" ?

Yes. Literally, those who inherit if the deceased died intestate, without a
will.

> So if someone makes a will, everyone in it is an heir right?

No. They are beneficiaries.

> Also then as now, if a person died without issue, his/her parents or
siblings (if parents were dead) would be heirs even if there was not a will.
>
> Right?

It's more complicated, and has often been modified by statute, on a
state-by-state basis.

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