Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A joint heir, as to an estate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A joint heir; one who has, or has a right to, an equal or a definite share in an inheritance with another or others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of several who are
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Etymologies
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Examples
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It seems to me that this passage will always have a missionary dimension - we cannot forget that the other is coheir to the same promise as us.
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Sir Edward Dymoke, Sheriff of Lincolnshire 27 Henry VIII., and also 1 Ed.VI. and 2 and 3 Philip and Mary, married Anne, sister and coheir to
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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_Mary Bosvile_, the second daughter and coheir, married Richard Burdett, of Derby, living
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The _Duke of Portland_, representing Margaret Pelham, the Duke's eldest coheir;
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The eldest daughter and coheir of John Newton of East Newton was married to
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Years pass, and the wild, reckless Ishmael is seen ridiculing Isaac, his puny brother and coheir.
Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible? Isaac Allen
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Ded would be of ill omen; therefore we have, for Edward, Ned or Ted, _n_ and _t_ being coheir to _d_; for Rick,
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As heir to his uncle's estate, and as coheir to estates of deceased friends, and as a public man, he amassed considerable property.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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Far from desiring the reversion of my sentence, I think myself much obliged to the emperors, to you, and to your court: for by your means I become coheir with
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Humphry Walrond (who died 1580) married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of John Brokehampton., of Sea, and so obtained that estate.
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