Multiple Choice
In most jurisdictions today, heirs are defined as those persons who are
A) entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of the decedent.
B) related to the decedent by affinity.
C) nearest of kindred to the decedent.
D) related to the decedent by collateral consanguinity.
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