Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Deficiente uno sanguine, non potest esse haeres
For lack of one blood, he cannot be heir. ( Coke explains, "The blood of the father and of the mother are but one inheritable blood, and both are necessary to procreation of an heir." 3 Coke 41.
Filius est nomen naturae, sed haeres nomen juris
"Son" is a name of nature, but "heir" a name of law.
Haeres
See HERES.
Haeres est alter ipse, et filius est pars patris
An heir is another self, and a son is a part of the father.
Haeres est aut jure proprietatis aut jure representationis
A person is an heir by either right of property or right of representation.
Haeres est eadem persona cum antecessore
The heir is the same person as the ancestor.
Haeres est nomen collectivum
"Heir' -is a collective noun.
Haeres est nomen juris, filius est nomen naturae
"Heir" is a term of law; "son" is one of nature.
Haeres est pars antecessoris
An heir is a part of the ancestor.
Haeres haeredis mei est meus haeres
The heir of my heir is my heir.
Haeres legitimus est quem nuptiae demonstrant
The lawful heir is the one whom the marriage indicates (i.e., who is born in wedlock).
Haeres minor uno et viginti annis non respondebit, nisi in casu dotis
An heir under 21 years of age is not answerable, except in the matter of the dower.
In restitutionem, non in poenam, haeres succedit
The heir succeeds to the restitution, not the penalty.
Intestatus decedit qui aut omnino testamentum non fecit aut non jure fecit, aut id quod fecerat ruptum irritumve factum est, aut nemo ex eo haeres exstitit
A person dies intestate who either has made no will at all or has not made it legally, or when the will that he had made has been annulled or become ineffectual, or when there is no living heir.
Legitimus haeres et fzlius est quem nuptiae demonstrant
A lawful son and heir is he whom the marriage declares to be lawful.
Nemo ejusdem tenementi simul potest esse haeres et dominus
No one can be at the same time heir and lord of the same tenement.
Nemo est haeres viventis
No one is an heir of someone living.
Nemo potest esse dominus et haeres
No one can be both owner and heir.
Poena ex delicto defuncti haeres teneri non debet
The heir ought not to be bound by a penalty for the crime of the deceased.
Titius haeres esto. Let Titius be my heir
Titius was the Roman counterpart of John Doe.
suus haeres
[Latin] Roman law. A proper heir.