Apparent Heir
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In English law
One whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he ^outlive the ancestor.
2BI, Com. 208.
See Heir.
See Heir.
In Scotch law
One who is entitied to enter heir to a deceased ancestor, before actual entry. Ersk. Inst. b.
3, tit. 8, § 64. 1 Forhes' Inst, part 3, b. 2, ch. 3.