In Spanish law. Heir; he who, by legal or testamentary disposition, succeeds to the property of a deceased person. “Deeres censeatur cum defuncto uno eademque persona” Las Partidas, 7, 9, 13; See Emeric v. Alvarado, 64 Cal. 529, 2 Pac. 433
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
