"heritor" meaning in English

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        "A person who inherits; an heir or heiress."
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          "ref": "1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:",
          "text": "The printed statement reads (abridged in parts):—\n\"To the Interested HERITORS in the Counties of Mid-Lothian, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Berwick. […]",
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        "A proprietor or landholder in a parish."
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        "(Scots law) A proprietor or landholder in a parish."
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