English Explanatory Dictionary

laughing heir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the law of inheritance, an heir who is legally entitled to inherit the property of a person who has died, even though that heir is only distantly related to the deceased, and therefore has no reason to feel bereaved over the death.

Word forms

laughing heir laughing heirs

Derived words

laughing heir statute
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