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Abator

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deforciantnoun(obsolete, UK, law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
heir-at-lawnoun(law) A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
executor de son tortnoun(law) A person who, without legal authority, assumes control of a deceased person's property as if they were executor.
legatarynounA legatee.
freeholdernounA person who holds tenure by freehold
termernoun(law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
copyholdernoun(dated, publishing) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
remaindershipnounThe right to inherit land or title when the current possessor of that land or title dies without an heir.
terre-tenantnoun(law) One who has the actual possession of land.
aubainenoun(historical, law) The inheritance of the property of an unnaturalized foreigner, in particular in France during feudalism and the Ancien Régime.
abeyancenounSuspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
reversionistnounOne who clings to previous patterns of behavior or thought, rejecting social or cultural change.
habendumnoun(law, dated) The part of a deed that formally defines the extent of ownership or tenancy granted.
lotholdernounSomeone who owns a lot (small parcel of land) in a cemetery
reversionernoun(law) A person who possesses the reversion to an estate or office.
heir at lawnoun(law) Alternative spelling of heir-at-law. [(law) A person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.]
ademptionnoun(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
assigneenounOne to whom a thing is assigned.
fiarnounThe price of grain in the counties of Scotland, as legally fixed on an annual basis.
legateenoun(law) One who receives a legacy (inheritance).

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