Slayer rule
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slayer-rule-170-13501360
title:
Slayer rule
text:
The slayer rule, in the U.S. law of inheritance, stops a person inheriting property from a person they murdered. While a criminal conviction requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the slayer rule applies to civil law, not criminal law, so the petitioner must only prove the murder by a preponderance of the evidence, as in a wrongful death claim meaning on the civil standard of proof of the balance of probability. Hence, even a slayer who is acquitted of the crime of murder can lose the inherit
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Murderer cannot inherit from their victim
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slayer_rule
date created:
2005-07-21T13:55:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:13:33Z
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