Heir testamentary
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the civil law. One who is named and appointed heir in the testament of the decedent. This name distinguishes him from a legal heir, (one upon whom the law casts the succession,) and from a conventional heir, (one who takes it by virtue of a previous contract or settlement.)
Defined under Heir in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inthe civil law. One who is named and appointed heir In the testament of the decedent. This name distinguishes him from a Zega? heir, (one upon whom the law casts the succession,) and from a conventional heir, (one who takes it by viztue of a previous contract or settlement.)