推すい定てい相そう続ぞく人にん

noun

presumptive heir

Legal term for a person who would inherit if the decedent died at the present moment, but whose inheritance right may be defeated by a later event (e.g., birth of a closer relative).

• 現げん時じ点てんでは長ちょう男なんが推すい定てい相そう続ぞく人にんだが、遺ゆい言ごんによって変かわる可か能のう性せいがある。

  At present, the eldest son is the presumptive heir, but it could change depending on the will.