heirship (heir as ar)

[Eng. heir; -ship.] The quality, state, character, or position of an heir; succe ion by inheritance. "I shall first review the laws of heirship by proximity of blood; and, secondly, the laws of heirship by appointment, which is either by adoption during life, or by testamentary disposition." -Sir W. Jones: Commentary on Isœus . *heirship movables, s . pl. Scots Law : The best of certain kinds of movables, which the heir was entitled to take, besides the heritable estate; the distinction was abolished in 1868. he is-ter-I-a, s. [Named after Laurence Heister, Profe or of Botany at Helmstadt. He died in 1758.] Bot.: A genus of Olacacese. Heister i a coccinea is a tree with white flowers, found in Martin i que and other West Indian islands; its red fruits are eaten by pigeons. It was once erroneously supposed to furnish the Partridge-wood of the cabinetmakers. *hei-sugge, s. [A. S. hege =a hedge.] The hedge sparrow. he-jăl-ap, s. [Eng. he =male, and jalap.] Comm.: The same as MALE JALAP (q. v.). hěj-ir-a, s. [HEGIRA.]