Heir presumptive: Difference between revisions

An '''heir presumptive''' is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of a person with a better claim to the position in question.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://definitions.uslegal.com/h/heir-presumptive/ |title=Heir Presumptive Law & Legal Definition |publisher=USLegal.com |access-date=2012-11-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definition/presumptive%20nominee |title=Heir presumptive |publisher=Reverso.net |access-date=2012-11-07}}</ref> This is in contrast to [[heir apparent|heirs apparent]], whose claim on the position cannot be thus displaced in this manner.