HEREDERO
\hɪɹɪdˈe͡əɹə͡ʊ], \hɪɹɪdˈeəɹəʊ], \h_ɪ_ɹ_ɪ_d_ˈeə_ɹ_əʊ]\
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In Spanish law. Heir; he who, by legal or testamentary disposition,succeeds to the property of a deceased person. "Hccrcs ccnscatur cum dcfuncto unaeadcmque persona.'" Las Partidas, 7, 9, 13 ; See Emeric v. Alvarado, 04 Cal. 529, 2Pac. 433.
By Henry Campbell Black
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