Nearly fourteen-year-old Britannicus, heir-designate prior to Nero's adoption, was still legally a minor, but was approaching legal adulthood.
Congress rewrote copyright law in 1999, allowing heirs to reclaim prior copyrights under certain conditions.
(Interestingly, the Spanish authorities intend to suspend the Schengen agreement temporarily prior to the wedding of the heir to the Spanish throne in May).
There's a windy air of freedom in the velleities of an artist whose early education and travels had made him heir to the secrets of prior masters, from Rembrandt to Tiepolo.
In other words, prior to taking his current position as the heir apparent to President Hu Jintao, Xi had in fact managed areas with total population of over 120 million and an economy larger than India's.
Other reports have detailed heavy, behind-the-scenes pressures to produce an heir that were placed on the crown prince's wife prior to her recent miscarriage, and scandals within the finance ministry.
Suleiman's previous heir apparent, Mustafa, had been strangled to death 13 years prior at the sultan's order.
Asturian kings, presenting themselves as the heirs to the Visigothic monarchy that had ruled Spain prior to the Muslim conquest, capitalized on dissension within the Moorish ranks and expanded their holdings in the late 9th century.
The 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, prior to his death, invested and arranged financial matters so that his heirs would avoid death duties.
It was his, following his murder of Duncan, the prior king; but the very prophesy that motivated his regicide also indicated that no heir of Macbeth's would reach the throne.
Campbell's Soup heir John Dorrance III renounced his U.S. citizenship, presumably to avoid paying capital gains taxes, prior to selling his 10.5% stake in the company two decades ago.
