Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Heredes

See HERES,

heredes proximi

n. [Latin] Nearest or next heirs.

heredes remotiores

n. [Latin] Heirs more remote; relatives other than children or descendants.

legitimi heredes

n. pl. [Latin] Roman law. Heirs on intestacy, as determined by the Twelve Tables. ( They might include paternal relatives of the deceased. -Also spelled legitimi haeredes. See TWELVE TABLES.

sui heredes

[Latin] Roman law. One's own heirs. - Also spelled sui haeredes "If a man died without a will, his property went to his sui heredes (own heirs, direct heirs), that is, to the persons who were previously under his potestas, but were released from it by his death. If he had adopted as son a person not connected with him by birth, that person was included among the sui heredes; on the other hand, a son by birth whom he had emancipated was ... excluded from the sui heredes . . . ." James Hadley, Introduction to Roman Law 134 (1881).