Heir
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
TESTAMENTARY.
In civil law. One who is constituted heir by testament executed in the form prescribed by law. He is so called to distinguish him from the "legal heirs," who are called to the succession by the law; and from "conventional heirs," who are so constituted by a contract inter vivos. See "Haeres Factus"; "Devisee."
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
IRREGULAR. In Louisiana. One who is neither testamentary nor legal heir, and who has been established by law to take the succession. See La. Civ. Code, art. 874. When the deceased has left neither lawful descendants, nor ascendants, nor collateral relations, the law calls to his inheritance either the surviving husband or wife, or his or her natural children, or the state; id. art. 911, This is called an Irregular succession.