As Jean Seznec established, medieval writers considered themselves the cultural heirs of the ancients. |
Since all the peoples of the world are his heirs, and since presumably he willed the land to his heirs, then all the people of the earth own it. |
After the churches themselves passed out of private hands, the advowsons tended to remain with the heirs. |
If you die in 2010, you can pass along all your assets to your heirs without a penny to the state. |
They limited punishment to the person charged, and abjured the attainder of the traitor's relatives or heirs. |
Tribal people like the Aborigines, Amerindians and Bushmen are the heirs to all the richness and diversity of the natural world. |