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laughing heirs

laughing heirs is the plural of laughing heir.

Meaning of laughing heir

Noun

laughing heir (plural laughing heirs)

  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.

Questions about laughing heirs

What is laughing heirs the plural of?
Laughing heirs is the plural of laughing heir.

Words near laughing heirs in the dictionary

  1. laughing gull
  2. laughing gulls
  3. laughing heir
  4. laughing heir statute
  5. laughing heir statutes
  6. laughing heirs
  7. laughing hyaena
  8. laughing hyaenas
  9. laughing hyena
  10. laughing hyenas
  11. laughing hyæna

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