heirs apparent

noun

Definition of heirs apparentnext
plural of heir apparent
as in heirs at law

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  1. successors
  2. claimants
  3. heirs
Noun
  • Educate your heirs The best way to approach handing down wealth is to start educating any successors early and often.
    Janet Arzt, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Some of Carter's other successors went online to wish him a Happy Birthday.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of successors
Noun
  • Attorneys for the Archdiocese and the Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel representing abuse claimants issued a joint statement on Wednesday thanking survivors for coming forward with their stories and ensuring that similar abuse will not occur in the future.
    Dietrich Knauth, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The claimants allege that the government and army failed to heed warning signs and threats that the shooter made in the months before the shootings.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of claimants
Noun
  • During the next two decades, some $84 trillion will pass from older generations to their Gen X, millennial, and Gen Z heirs, the greatest transfer of wealth in human history.
    Darren Walker, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Educate your heirs The best way to approach handing down wealth is to start educating any successors early and often.
    Janet Arzt, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of heirs
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