Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1891)
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil law. An heir born; one born heir, as distinguished from one made heir, (heres factus, q. v.;) an heir at law, or by intestacy, (@b intestato;) the next of kin by bloud, in cases of intestacy. Story, Conil. Laws, § 507; 3 Bl. Comm. 224.
