2) Heir - apparent. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The person who will succeed as heir if he survives. At the death of his predecessor the heir-apparent becomes heir-at-law. 1...

3) Heir-presumptive. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...One who will be heir if no one is born having a prior claim. Thus the Princess Royal was heir-presumptive till the Prince of Wales was born; and if the Prince of...

4) 80. The Heir of Linne. Quiller-Couch, Arthur, ed. 1910. The Oxford Book of Ballads
...I THE BONNY heir, and the well-faur d heir, The weary heir o Linne— Yonder he stands at his father s yetts, And naebody bids him in. II O see for he gangs, and see...

5) heir presumptive. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. heirs presumptive An heir whose claim can be defeated by the birth of a closer relative before the death of the ancestor....

6) heir apparent. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. heirs apparent An heir whose right to inheritance is indefeasible by law provided he or she survives an ancestor....

7) Linne (The Heir of). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
..."Once more, my son, I set thee clear; amend thy life, or a rope at last must end it." The heir of Linne now returned to his old hall, where he asked his quondam steward...

8) heir, heiress. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...The initial h- is always silent: ER, ER-es. See H-. 1...

9) heir. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...One who receives or is expected to receive a heritage, as of ideas, from a predecessor. Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin hrs. See gh- in Appendix I....

10) Galatians 4. The Holy Bible: King James Version.
...1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 2 but is under tutors and governors until the time...