heredes
Americannoun
noun
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Heirs are called sui heredes, that is, heirs of themselves or of their own property, as is explained by Gaius.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Tercius fuit Galfridus Dore cuius eciam heredes extincti sunt in eadem pestilencia.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Here then was a voluntary transfer of more or less property at pleasure to persons freely chosen, who were not necessarily universal successors, if they ever were, and who nevertheless took under the name heredes.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Hanoviæ, typis Wechelianis, apud Claudium Marnium & heredes Joannis Aubrii, 1604 8o.
From The Library of William Congreve by Hodges, John Cunyus
Mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat, heredes monumentum ne sequeretur.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
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