HAERES

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  HAERES civil law. An heir, one who succeeds to the whole inheritance. 
       2. These are of various kinds. 1. Haeres natus, an heir born; the heir 
  at law: he is distinguished from, 2. Haeres factus, or an heir created by 
  will, a testamentary heir, to whom the whole estate of the testator is 
  given. 3. Haeres fiduciarius, an heir to whom the estate is given in trust 
  for another. Just. 2, 23, 1, 2. Haeres-legitimus, a lawful heir; this is one 


  who is manifested by the marriage of his parents; haeres legitimus est quem 
  nuptiae demonstrant; haeres suus, one's own heir, a proper heir; 
  descendants. Just. 3, 1, 4, 5.