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Meaning of Heir Presumptive
A person who would be heir if the ancestor died immediately , but who is liable to be displaced by the birth of a nearer heir.
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One who, in the present circumstances, would be entitled to the inheritance, but whose rights may be defeated by the contingency of some nearer heir being bom. 2 Bl. Comm. 208. In Louisiana, the presumptive heir is he who is the nearest relation of the deceased capable of inheriting. This qi ality is given to him before the decease of the person from whom he is to inherit, as well as after the opening of the succession, until he has accepted or renounced it. Civ. Code La. art. 876.
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