Heritor (Noun)
Meaning
A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The young woman was named as the heritor of her great aunt's vast fortune in the will.
- As the only child, he was the sole heritor of his father's business empire.
- The court ruled that the distant cousin was the rightful heritor of the deceased's estate.
- After the reading of the will, it was revealed that the niece was the heritor of the family's ancestral home.
- The elderly man's grandson was named as the heritor of his entire estate, including the valuable art collection.