substitute heir

There were no substitute heirs in the immediate Solomon family.

If Pierre had not died so suddenly and unexpectedly, he would surely have found a substitute heir.

Instead Caesar had appointed several substitute heirs, including none other than one of the conspirators: Decimus Brutus.

Although the Home Secretary was no longer obliged to be in the room, as Sir James Graham had been (behind a screen) when Queen Victoria's eldest son arrived, the fear that a substitute heir might appear in a warming pan was still officially maintained.

Still later there are codicils in which the testator addresses both the initial and substitute heirs, and entrusts them through another trust clause with payment of all dispositions: 'Lucius Titius to his initial and substitute heirs: greetings.