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• Heir apparent — An heir apparent is an heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation) cannot be displaced from inheriting; the term is used in contrast to heir presumptive, the term for a conditional heir who is currently in line to inherit but could… …   Wikipedia

• heir — /er/ See heirs @ heir apparent An heir whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor; as in England the eldest son, or his issue, who must, by the course of the common law, be heir to the father whenever he happens… …   Black's law dictionary

• heir — /er/ See heirs @ heir apparent An heir whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor; as in England the eldest son, or his issue, who must, by the course of the common law, be heir to the father whenever he happens… …   Black's law dictionary

• Heir presumptive — An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honor, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the throne …   Wikipedia

• heir — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ legal, legitimate, rightful ▪ the rightful heir to the throne ▪ natural, real, true ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• heir portioner — noun (plural heirs portioners) 1. Scots law : one of two or more female heirs coming in the absence of male issue into a succession to an estate and sharing equally according to degree of consanguinity, the share of any deceased female in the… …   Useful english dictionary

• female — adj. Female is used with these nouns: ↑anatomy, ↑body, ↑chorus, ↑colleague, ↑companion, ↑companionship, ↑counterpart, ↑cousin, ↑dancer, ↑deity, ↑doctor, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

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• Primogeniture — is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn to inherit the entire estate, to the exclusion of younger siblings (compare to ultimogeniture). Historically, the term implied male primogeniture, to the exclusion of females. According to the… …   Wikipedia

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