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pretermitted heir

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
preter-mit-ted heir
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the party or of the relationship at the time the will was written.

Inflected Forms

pretermitted heirs (plural)

Phrases

pretermitted child pretermitted spouse

Frequently Paired Words

pretermitted child pretermitted spouse

Questions

What does pretermitted heir mean?
A person who would likely stand to inherit under a will, except that the testator did not know of the party or of the relationship at the time the will was written.

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