Heir Apparent
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
An heir whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor; as in England the eldest son, or his issue, who ronst, by the course of the common law, be heir to the father whenever he happens to die. 2 Bl. Comm. 208; 1 Steph. Comm. 358. herit all lands, tenements, and hereditaments which belonged to him or of which he was seised. The same as “heir general.”