APPARENT HEIR
\ɐpˈaɹənt ˈe͡ə], \ɐpˈaɹənt ˈeə], \ɐ_p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_n_t ˈeə]\
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In English law. One whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlive the ancestor. 2 Bl. Comm. 208. In Scotch law. He is the person to whom the succession has actually opened. He is so called until his regular entry on the lands by service or infeftment on a precept of clarc constat.
By Henry Campbell Black
