sole heir

collocation in English

meaningsofsoleandheir

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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səʊl/us
/soʊl/
being one ...
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heir
noun
uk
/eər/us
/er/
a person who will legally receive money, property, or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that other ...
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(Definition ofsoleandheirfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsole heir

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Moshweshwe now presented himself assoleheirto a line of landholders extending indefinitely into the past.
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Nagpasha was overjoyed that he was now thesoleheirto the throne.
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He sought to position his grandson as thesoleheirof the whole county.
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Eventually she does grow close to him, and learns he wishes to name her hissoleheir.
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Cody runs a successful and influential technology company and is itssoleheir.
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He clarified this in a supplemental testament in 1942 and made the providential fund he had founded hissoleheir.
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He taught her the know-how of the trade, before designating her as thesoleheirof his luxury empire.
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When is father died in 1274, he became thesoleheirof the family's lands.
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This was opposed by the deceaseds first wife who was thesoleheirin terms of the will.
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Even his two unmarried paternal aunts, who lived with the family, were blandishing him with the promise of making him thesoleheirif he could only stay.
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Leaving his younger brother thesoleheir.
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Lauren was thesoleheirto the department store chain.
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Abbas is thesoleheirto millions of riches left to him by his parents, who have expired in a drastic plane crash.
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Gregory as hissoleheirshould have inherited a vast fortune.
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George's prospects were now better than ever as thesoleheirto his father's electorate and his uncle's duchy.
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Felix pretends to help the couple, but really he plans to get rid of them and become thesoleheirof the family.
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Felix becomes thesoleheir.
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The deceased had a previous joint will with his wife in which they had nominated each other as the sole heirs of their respective estates.
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