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HEIR APPARENT

\ˈe͡əɹ ɐpˈaɹənt], \ˈe‍əɹ ɐpˈaɹənt], \ˈeə_ɹ ɐ_p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of HEIR APPARENT

2010 - Legal Glossary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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One who expects to be receive property from the estate of a family member, as long as she outlives that person.

2010 - Legal Glossary Database
By Oddity Software

An heir whose right to inherit property cannot be annulled if he outlives his ancestor.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Heiress.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Heiress.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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