Reverse Dictionary: HEIR

NOUNS
► PARCENARY joint heirship → 1544

NOUNS – PERSON
► ARFNAME an heir → c1000 obs.
► EPIGONE an heir or successor; one born after → 1865
► HEIR the person who is entitled by law to succeed another in the enjoyment of property or rank, upon the death of the latter; one who so succeeds; in general use, one who receives or is entitled to receive property of any kind as the legal representative of a former owner → c1275
► HEIR AND A SPARE two sons, in the context of a male line of succession → 2003 UK sl.
► HEIR APPARENT the heir of one still alive, whose right is indefeasible, provided he outlives his ancestor, at whose death he is ‘heir-at-law’ → c1375
► HEIR-AT-LAW the person who succeeds another by right of blood in the enjoyment of his property; in English law confined to one who has such a right in real property, and distinguished from executors or administrators → 1729
► HEIR BY CUSTOM one who succeeds by virtue of a particular or local custom; e.g. Borough English, under which the youngest son succeeds his father → 1901 (Bk.)
► HEIR BY DESTINATION in Sc. law: the person who is entitled to succeed, failing the person to whom an estate is disponed → 1861
► HEIR BY DEVISE he who is made, by will, the testator’s heir or devisee, and has no other right or interest than the will gives him → 1883
► HEIR-DESIGNATE one who has been designated as a person’s heir → 1909
► HEIRESS a female heir → 1656
► HEIR FEMALE an heiress; also, an heir (male or female) whose rights are derived through a female or females → c1436
► HEIR GENERAL the person who succeeds another by right of blood in the enjoyment of his property; in English law confined to one who has such a right in real property, and distinguished from executors or administrators; used to include heirs female and as well as heirs male → 1491
► HEIR IN CAPITE the heir to land held directly of the sovereign → 1839
► HEIR IN TAIL the person who succeeds or is entitled to succeed to an entailed estate but virtue of the deed of entail → c1575
► HEIR OF BLOOD in common law, he who succeeds by right of blood in any man’s lands or tenements in fee → 1658
► HEIR OF CONQUEST in Sc. law: the heir of an ancestor who acquired the estate in question by purchase and not by succession → c1150
► HEIR OF ENTAIL the person who succeeds or is entitled to succeed to an entailed estate by virtue of the deed of entail → 1861
► HEIR OF INHERITANCE he that cannot be defeated of his inheritance upon any displeasure → 1658
► HEIR OF INVENTORY in Sc. law: an apparent heir in heritage who enters upon his predecessor’s estate subject to a formal inventory being made, in order to avoid liability for debts beyond the amount stated in such inventory → 1853
► HEIR OF LINE in Sc. law: the person who succeeds another by right of blood in the enjoyment of his property; in English law confined to one who has such a right in real property, and distinguished from executors or administrators → c1575
► HEIR MALE an heir who is a male and who traces his descent from the ancestor in question wholly through males → 1450
► HEIR OF PROVISION in Sc. law: the person who is entitled to succeed, failing the person to whom an estate is disponed → 1861
► HEIR OF THE BODY an heir who is a direct descendant → 1391
► HEIR PORTIONER in Sc. law: an heir who has an equal interest in the succession, in so far as it is divisible → 1655
► HEIR PRESUMPTIVE he who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right of inherhitance may be defeted by the contingency of some nearer heir being born → 1628
► HEIR SPECIAL one who succeeds by virtue of a particular or local custom; e.g. Borough English, under which the youngest son succeeds his father; one to whom an estate passes by virtue of letters patent or a deed of entail → Bk1901
► HEIRS WHATSOEVER heirs of whatever sort, who have a right by the proximity of blood to succeed as heirs, in opposition to the special heirs who are called by destination → 1720 Sc.
► HERE an heir → 1876 Sc. (Bk.)
► HERETRICE a female heir or inheritor; an heiress → c1575
► HERETRIX a female heir or inheritor; an heiress → c1575
► HERITOR one who inherits; an heir or heiress → 1475
► HERITRESS an heiress, an inheritress → c1515
► HERITRIX a female heir, an heiress → c1575
► INHERITRESS an heiress → 1603
► INHERITRICE an heiress → a1513 obs.
► INHERITRIX an heiress → a1481
► MONEY-TRAP an heiress whose riches are likely to gain her a husband → 1873 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PARCENER one who shares equally with another or others in the inheritance of an estate from a common ancestor; a coheir → 1574
► SCION an heir, descendant → c1390
► SPRIG an heir or descendant of a person, family, etc. → 1591
► UPPER ROGER the 0apparent to a rajah’s or other throne → 19C Anglo-Indian
► YERE an heir → 1855 obs. (Bk.)