distributees

distributees
Persons who are entitled, under the statute of distributions, to the personal estate of one who has died intestate. Henry v Henry, 31 NC (9 Ired L) 278, 279. In the nontechnical sense, all persons in whom the law may vest any part of the property of a decedent. Terral v Terral, 212 Ark 221, 205 SW2d 198, 1 ALR2d 1092. See heirs; next of kin.

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