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.
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