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
GENERAL. Heir at common law.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
FORCED. One who cannot be disinherited. See Forced Heirs.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
LEGAT In the civil law. A legal lieir is one who takes the succession by or conventional heir, who takes the succes. sion in virtue of the disposition of man. See Civil Code La. arts. 873, 875.