heir : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the responsibility of an executor (or administrator) of an estate to act in the best interests of the heir
  

WordNet

• noun an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor
  

WordNet

• . (Law.) See under Apparent.

Webster 1913

• one who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. Wharton (Law Dict.).

Webster 1913

• noun a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative
  

WordNet

• one who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency.

Webster 1913

• noun the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate
  

WordNet

• the person to whom lands escheat for want of an heir. Eng. Abbott.

Webster 1913

• . See Heir presumptive, under Heir.

Webster 1913