Haeres Est Pars Antecessoris
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The heir is a part of the ancestor. Co. Litt. 22b; 3 Hill (N. Y.) 165, 167. HAERES EX ASSE (Lat.)
In civil law. An heir to the whole estate; a sole heir. Inst. 2. 23. 9. HAERES EXTRANEUS (Lat.)
In civil law. A strange or foreign heir; one who was not subject to the power of the testator, or person who made him heir. Qui testatoris juri subjecti non sunt, extranet haeredes appellantur. Inst. 2. 19. 3. HAERES FACTUS (Lat.)
In civil law. An heir made by will; a testamentary heir; the person created universal successor by will. Story, Confl. Laws, § 507; 3 Bl. Comm. 224. Otherwise called "haeres ex testa/mento," and "haeres institutus." Inst. 2. 9. 7; Id. 2. 14. HAERES FIDE1C0MMISSARIUS (Lat.)
In the civil law. The person for whose benefit an estate was given to another, termed "haeres fiduciarius" (q. v.) by will. Inst. 2. 23. 6. 7. 9. Answering nearly to the cestui que trust of the English law.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916