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Victoria was not heir apparent from birth (in 1977), but gained the status in 1980 following a change in the Swedish Act of Succession. Her younger brother Carl Philip (born 1979) was thus heir apparent for a few months (and is a rare example of an heir apparent losing this status without a death occurring).
Examples are Henry the Young King and the heirs of elective monarchies, such as the use of the title King of the Romans for the Habsburg emperors. In the partially elective system of tanistry, the heir or tanist was elected from the qualified males of the royal family. Different monarchies use different rules to determine the line of succession.
The County of Anjou followed inheritance by agnatic seniority. When Henry II of England married Eleanor of Aquitaine, creating the Angevin Empire, this resulted in some question over what inheritance laws would affect their children, as Henry II's father was the count of Anjou, and he inherited England and Normandy through his mother.
A lineal or direct descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in the direct line of descent – the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. of a person.In a legal procedure sense, lineal descent refers to the acquisition of estate by inheritance by parent from grandparent and by child from parent, whereas collateral descent refers to the acquisition of estate or real property ...
A Google search for “opposite of heir” only gives “heiress,” which is hardly an opposite. Felicity4711 ( talk ) 12:54, 10 January 2013 (UTC) [ reply ] The only term that comes to mind is "testator", but that is only someone who has made a will.
It was always clear that O'Heir's Parks colleagues really did adore him under all the faux contempt, but when guesting on Boston Legal opposite William Shatner, O'Heir second-guessed the star's ...
Heir may also refer to: Heir apparent, the first in line to a throne or other title, who cannot be displaced by birth of another heir; Heir presumptive, the current first in line to a title; Heirs of the line, heirs in the line of succession; Heirs of the body, descendants of a particular person who are entitled to inherit a title or property
The spangram describes the puzzle’s theme and touches two opposite sides of the board. It may be two words. The spangram highlights in yellow when found. An example spangram with corresponding ...