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Service of an Heir

Service of an Heir. Originally in Scotland no herit-able estate vested in the heir merely by survivance, and this procedure (by petition) was necessary to vest the right....

Joint-heir

Joint-heir, a co-heir. See (English) Law of Property Act, 1932, as to equitable interests of joint heirs in tail....

Apparent heir. See HEIR. In Scots Law, he is the person to whom the succession to heritable property has actually opened. He is so called until his regular entry on the lands. The term is now of little practical importance....