Apparent Heir
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In English law
One whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor.
2 Bl. Comm, 208.
In Scotch law
He is the person to whom the succession has actually opened. He isso called until his regular entry on the lands by service or infeftment on a precept of clare constat,