養よう嗣し子し

noun

adoptive heir

A legal term for a child adopted specifically to become the heir of a family, often to continue the family name or business. Used in historical and modern legal contexts.

• 彼かれは名めい家かの養よう嗣し子しとして迎むかえられた。

  He was welcomed as the adoptive heir of a distinguished family.

• 養よう嗣し子しの制せい度どは、家いえを存そん続ぞくさせるために重じゅう要ようだった。

  The system of adoptive heirs was important for continuing the family line.