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PRESUMPTIVE HEIR (law)


PRESUMPTIVE HEIR. One who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would under the present circumstances of things be his heir, but whose right of under the present circumstances of things be his heir, but whose right of inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being inheritance may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being born; as a brother, who is the presumptive heir, may be defeated by the born; as a brother, who is the presumptive heir, may be defeated by the birth of a child to the ancestor. 2 Bl. Com. 208. birth of a child to the ancestor. 2 Bl. Com. 208.