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[ noun ]
an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor
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Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.
pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.]
1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;
visible to the eye; within sight or view.

The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton.

2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;
obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.

It is apparent foul play. --Shak.

3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the
apparent motion or diameter of the sun.

To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent
friendship. --Macaulay.

What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by
astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.

{Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds
our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the
earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational
horizon.

{Apparent time}. See {Time}.

{Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible
if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from
presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}.

Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;
evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.


Heir \Heir\ ([^a]r), n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F.
hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Hereditary},
{Heritage}.]
1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the
possession of, any property after the death of its owner;
one on whom the law bestows the title or property of
another at the death of the latter.

I am my father's heir and only son. --Shak.

2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or
relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.

And I his heir in misery alone. --Pope.

{Heir apparent}. (Law.) See under {Apparent}.

{Heir at law}, one who, after his ancector's death, has a
right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law
Dict.).

{Heir presumptive}, one who, if the ancestor should die
immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the
inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer
relative, or by some other contingency.