HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs DESCENDIBLE: NOUN
- Someone who will inherit only if no better choice for an heir is born.
- See heir apparent.
- An heir who stands to inherit the estate, title, or office of an intestate ancestor, but whose claim can be defeated if a relative who is closer to the ancestor is born prior to the ancestor's death.
- A person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative
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HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs DESCENDIBLE: ADJECTIVE
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- Of property, able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.
- That may descend from an ancestor to an heir.
- Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs DESCENDIBLE: VERB
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- Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- Come as if by falling
- Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs DESCENDIBLE: OTHER WORD TYPES
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- Also spelled descendable.
- That can descend from an ancestor to a descendant; capable of being transmitted, as from father to son: as, a descendible estate.
- Capable of being descended with safety or comparative ease; that permits of a safe downward passage: as, a descendible hill.
HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs DESCENDIBLE: RELATED WORDS
- Succession, Peacock throne, Kingship, Dynastic, King, Prince consort, Princeling, Monarch, Figurehead, Prince regent, Coronation, Heir, Successor, Throne, Heir apparent
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HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs DESCENDIBLE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Succession, Peacock throne, Kingship, Dynastic, King, Prince consort, Princeling, Monarch, Figurehead, Prince regent, Coronation, Heir, Successor, Throne, Heir apparent
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HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs DESCENDIBLE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- He is the son of Eliwood, the main character of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, and heir presumptive of Pherae.
- Frenchman, that he is not heir presumptive to another crown, and that he has previously taken the civic oath.
- Prince Albert became King George VI and the young Princess Elizabeth became heir presumptive to the throne.
- Known as "The Brat" in the Heraldic Circle, the Heir-presumptive lives up to her nickname.
- Roger was made lieutenant of Ireland and was declared heir presumptive to the Crown.
- It is an estate inheritance unlimited in duration, descendible to all heirs of the owner to the remotest generation.
- Hidden Assumption: A Critical Analysis of the Foundations of Descendible Copyright.
- The changes are easily descendible in economic activities, polity structures, and social organizations.
- New York Legislature to create a broad and descendible right of publicity.
HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs DESCENDIBLE: QUESTIONS
- Who is the heir presumptive to the title of Lord Shaughnessy?
- Who is the current heir presumptive to the Baronetcy of Waterlow?
- Why was Ashoka not the heir presumptive to the throne?
- How did Franz Ferdinand become heir-presumptive to the Austrian throne?
- How did Franz Ferdinand become heir presumptive to the throne?
- Is Princess Caroline of France an heir presumptive?
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