Heir
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
CONVENTIONAL.
In civil law. One who takes a succession by virtue of a contract — for example, a marriage contract — which entitles the heir to the succession.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
CONVENTIONAL. In Civil Law. One who takes a succession by virtue of a contract — for example, a marriage contract —which entitles the heir to the succession.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
IRREGULAR. In Louisiana, Irregular heirs are those who are neither testamentary nor legal, and who have been established by law to take the succession. Sea Civil Code La. art. 874. When there are no direct or collateral relatives surviving the decedent, und the succession consequently devolves upon the surviving husband or wife, or illegitimate children, or the state, if is called an “irregular succession.”