The primary result in Kongo was that the absence of an immediate heir spun the country into civil war.

Ngô Quyền's immediate heirs proved unable to maintain a unified state.

In the absence of an immediate heir, the next closest male relative was entitled to the crown.

Unfortunately the barber's immediate heir was feckless and dissolute.

What, rate, rebuke, and roughly send to prison, Th' immediate heir of England!

It is not known whether he left an immediate heir.

He died of influenza in October 1918, leaving no immediate heirs, artistic or otherwise.

If the original lessee had died, the immediate heirs would have lifetime grazing privileges.

His death would break their hearts and make a five-year-old boy the immediate heir to Grib.