Apparent Heir
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor.
2 Bl. Comm. 208.
In Scotch Law. One who is entitled to enter heir to a deceased ancestor, before actual entry. Ersk. Inst. bk.
3, tit. 8, § 54.