in Scots law, a generic term applicable to those who are intitled by law to take the possession of any subject which belonged to a person deceased.—For the different kinds of heirs, &c. see LAW, tit. 27 & 28.

HEIRSHIP moveables, in Scots law, the best of certain kinds of moveables, which the heir of line is intitled to take, besides the heritable estate. See LAW, tit. 27.