lineal descendant

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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


lineal descendant
n.
A person who is directly descended in a straight line from an ancestor.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


lineal descendant
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Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

lineal descendant
n.
   a person who is in direct line to an ancestor, such as child, grandchild, great-grandchild and on forever. A lineal descendant is distinguished from a "collateral" descendant, which would be from the line of a brother, sister, aunt or uncle.
   See also: descent and distribution

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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