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  • noun The state of being a coheir.

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  • noun The state of being a coheir

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Examples

  • She therefore looked about among the Prince's connexions for some one who would accept coheirship with herself, and whose family would be strong enough in position to carry through probate on such terms, but at the same time would be grateful enough to her and venal enough to further her aim of being reinstated at Court.

    She Stands Accused 1935

  • For the unconscionable fellow, owing to this coheirship which he pretends to disesteem, has been made privy to experiences which must not only have been extraordinary to so plain and humdrum a person, but which have been, as I happen to know, of great importance to him, and which -- to put the thing at its highest -- have lifted him, dull dog as he is, into regions where the very dogs have wings.

    Lore of Proserpine Maurice Hewlett 1892

  • Mr. Stapleton's council contended that the coheirship was determined by the attainder of Henry Norreys.

    Peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812

  • Mr. Stapleton's council contended that the coheirship was determined by the attainder of Henry Norreys.

    Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812

  • Indeed, nothing on earth can equal the Christian's happiness, and nothing else deserves that endearing name For who can be so happy as he who knows his sins are all forgiven, that God is his reconciled Father and Friend; that he is entitled, through the merit of Jesus Christ, to the protection of the Almighty, and coheirship with his Son hereafter; for the security of which, the veracity of God himself is pledged, all whose promises in Christ Jesus are yea and amen.

    A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African; Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend 1810

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