worthier title
- An old legal principle stating that when an heir is given the same property through a will as they would inherit naturally if the owner died without a will, they are considered to have received the property by inheritance, not through the will, as inheritance was deemed to confer a stronger right to the property
- The law of worthier title determined that the house was inherited rather than devised since it matched the property that the heir stood to inherit naturally.
- Due to the doctrine of worthier title, John's rights to the property were deemed to be through inheritance, even though it was also included in the deceased's will.
- The attorney suggested that the worthier title doctrine might apply, affecting how the property is legally considered to have passed to the heir.
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