英语释义

1. one who receives property from an ancestor one who is entitled to inherit property
was her father's sole heir

2. one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to a hereditary rank, title, or office
heir to the throne

3. one who receives or is entitled to receive something other than property from a parent or predecessor
saw himself as the logical heir to the slain dictator

4. inherit

5. a person who has the legal right to receive the property of someone who dies

6. a person who has the right to become a king or queen or to claim a title when the person holding it dies

7. a person who inherits or has the right to inherit property after the death of its owner

8. a person who has legal claim to a title or a throne when the person holding it dies

9. one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of property after the death of its owner: as

10. one who by operation of law inherits the property and especially the real property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will —used in jurisdictions whose law is based on English common law — called also heir at law, heir general, legal heir — compare issue

11. one who succeeds to the estate of a person by will or especially by operation of law — see also intestacy, unworthy — compare ancestor, devisee, legatee, next of kin, successor — apparent heir heir apparent in this entry

12. an heir who exercises the benefit of inventory which limits the amount of his or her liability for the decedent's debts

13. heir of the body in this entry

14. an heir who cannot be disinherited except for causes recognized by law especially, in the civil law of Louisiana an heir who because of youth or mental or physical infirmity cannot care for himself or herself and who cannot be deprived of his or her lawful portion of the decedent's estate by disinherison without just cause — see also legitime

15. an heir that takes only by operation of the laws governing intestate succession

16. an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be voided or undone except by exclusion under a valid will if he or she survives the ancestor — called also apparent heir — compare heir presumptive in this entry

17. heir sense a

18. an heir to a fee-tail estate — called also heir of entail

19. an heir who is a lineal descendant especially as contrasted with a collateral descendant — called also bodily heir

20. an heir whose right to inherit may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative or by exclusion under a valid will — called also presumptive heir — compare heir apparent in this entry

21. an heir who is named in the will but whose legacy will fall to a substitute legatee under a vulgar substitution in the event that he or she refuses the legacy or dies before the testator — called also instituted legatee

22. an heir who inherits a right of action to the estate as distinguished from seisin Note: This class of heirs was eliminated as of January 1, 1982. Formerly, a decedent's illegitimate children and spouse were considered irregular heirs.

23. heir sense a specifically, in the civil law of Louisiana an heir who receives seisin immediately after the death of the intestate by operation of law — compare irregular heir in this entry Note: Prior to 1982 the Louisiana Civil Code distinguished between legal and irregular heirs who were required to go through an additional procedure in order to receive possession of the property. This division of heirs was eliminated in the 1981 revision of the Civil Code.

24. an heir (as a child) whose status as an heir arises from especially close blood relationship as distinguished from one (as the state) whose status arises by operation of statute

25. heir presumptive in this entry

26. a descendant of a testator who would be an heir under the laws of intestacy but who is not named to take under the will Note: Most states have statutes requiring a share of the estate to go to a pretermitted heir, especially one born after the execution of the will, on the assumption that the omission was unintentional.

27. an heir by blood

28. the particular heir granted or devised an estate tail as distinguished from the heirs in general

29. an heir who inherits under a will

片语

an heir apparent有确定继承权的人

He heir apparent他的接班人

Heir Apparent法定继承人，有确定继承权的人

heir apparent to a throne储君

The heir-apparent succeeded the throne东储继位

palace of the heir apparent毓庆宫

An heir-apparent accends the throne储君登极

英汉例句

• while mr. jobs has remained intimately involved in the company despite his health, mr. cook's responsibilities, and his position as apparent heir to mr. jobs, have strengthened.

  虽然身体不佳的乔布斯依然紧密参与公司的决策，不过库克的职权和继任的可能性都大大增强了。

相似词

inheritor继承人；后继者

legatee[法] 遗产受赠人