Lineal Descendant
(n) Lineal descendants are the direct line of relationship flowing downwards from an individual starting with his children, grand children and their children and so on .
lineal descendant
n. a person who is in direct line to an ancestor, such as child, grandchild, great-grandchild and on forever.
Lineal descendant
A person who is a direct descendant such as a child to his or her natural parent.
Liquidation
The selling of all the assets of a debtor and the use of the cash proceeds of the sale to pay off creditors.
Expanded Legal Definition of LimitropheLineal Descendant A person who is a direct descendant such as a child to his or her natural parent.
Expanded Legal Definition of Lineal DescendantLiquidated Damages Pre-determined damages.
The first to succeed are the lineal descendants of the deceased, and the rules of primogeniture, preference of males to females, equal succession of females (heirsportioners), and representation of ancestors are generally the same as in English law.
Fee tail: Form of tenure that can only be transferred to a lineal descendant. In feudal times, if there were no lineal descendants, the land reverted to the lord on the death of the tenant.
Per Stirpes This term is most commonly used in wills and trusts to identify how property should be distributed among children and their lineal descendants.
: a fee which is granted to an individual and to that individual's descendants, which is subject to a reversion or a remainder if a tenant in tail dies with no lineal descendants, and which is not freely alienable ...
When the direct lineal descendants stand in equal degrees, they take per capita, by the head, each one full share; when, on the contrary, they stand in different degrees of consanguinity to the common ancestor, they take per stirpes, by roots, ...
When the intestate dies leaving no lineal descendants, nor parents, brothers, sisters or any of their descendants, nor grand parents, ...
In some states the anti-lapse statute applies only to grandparents of the testator and lineal descendants of the testator's grandparents.
Fee Tail:
A form of tenure under the feudal system that could only be transferred to a lineal descendant. If there were no lineal descendants upon the death of the tenant, the land reverted back to the lord.
issue
1) n. a person's children or other lineal descendants such as gra...
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Formerly, statutes governing wills used this phrase to specify children born to married parents, and to exclude those born out of wedlock. Now, the phrase means the same as issue and "lineal descendant."
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Grandchildren are descendants of their grandfather as children are descendants of their natural parents. The law also distinguishes between collateral descendants and lineal descendants.
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from children of, another are called that person's descendants. Grandchildren are descendants of their grandfather as children are descendants of their natural parents. The law also distinguishes between collateral descendants and lineal descendants.
Heir at law; Heir at common law; Heir general. He upon whom the law casts the reality of an intestate. 2 Wall. Jr. 433-38 (1853). Heir of the body; Natural heir. An heir begotten of the body; a lineal descendant. 19 Conn. 111 (1848).
The law also distinguishes between collateral descendants and lineal descendants.
 See also: Descendant, Law, State, Person, Will
  
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