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Definition of Heir apparent
1. Noun. An heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor.
Definition of Heir apparent
1. Noun. (usually monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heir Apparent
Literary usage of Heir apparent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"The heir apparent.—The Prince of Wales, or heir apparent to the crown, and also
his royal consort, and the princess royal, or eldest daughter of the king, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1848)
"But the same person is also designated by the term " heir-apparent under the
entail of the heir in possession." Now, is this a qualification of the general ..."
3. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Leopold George Gordon Robbins, Melville Madison Bigelow (1893)
"The Word " Heir," when construed to mean "heir apparent" 915 IV. The Word "Heir"
explained by the Context of the Will to denote a Person who is not the ..."
4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"It was not fully subdued till the commencement of the next, under the reign of
Martin. a grant of the lieutenancy, which was the right of the heir apparent. ..."
5. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin (1885)
"By •Jit; apparent heir, we mean the person who would be heir presently if the
party, to whom he is heir apparent, presently died intestate. ..."
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