Words and Phrases—Term “HEIR”—
◆ Law Dictionary (Ninth Edition, West Publishing)—“A person who, under the laws of intestacy, is entitled to receive an intestate descendant’s property—Also termed a legal heir; heir at law; lawful heir.”
◆ Section 3(f) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956—”heir” means any person, male or female, who is entitled to succeed to the property of an intestate under this Act”
◆ N.Krishnammal v/s R.Ekambaram, (1979) 3 SCC 273—The word “heir” must mean all persons who are entitled to the property of another under the law of inheritance. It would, therefore, be clear that an “heir” is a status conferred on a person by law, viz., the personal law of the parties.
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