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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laughing heir

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
laugh-ing heir
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the law of inheritance, an heir who is legally entitled to inherit the property of a person who has died, even though that heir is only distantly related to the deceased, and therefore has no reason to feel bereaved over the death.

Inflected Forms

laughing heirs (plural)

Phrases

laughing heir statute

Questions

What does laughing heir mean?
In the law of inheritance, an heir who is legally entitled to inherit the property of a person who has died, even though that heir is only distantly related to the deceased, and therefore has no reason to feel bereaved over the death.

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