ancestry
ancestry. A line of descent; lineage.
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traditionary evidence
Evidence derived from a deceased person’s former statements or reputation. • Traditionary evidence is admissible to prove ancestry, ancient boundaries, or similar facts, usu. when no living witnesses are available to testify. [Cases: Boundaries 35(2); Evidence 274, 302. C.J.S. Boundaries § 120; Evidence§§ 306, 322.]
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ancestor
ancestor, n. A person from whom an estate has passed; ASCENDANT. • This word is the correlative of heir. Cf. HEIR(1). common ancestor. A person to whom the ancestry of two or more persons is traced.
mort d’ancestor
mort d’ancestor (mor[t] dan-ses-t[schwa]r). [Law French “death of an ancestor”] Hist. An assize founded on the death of an ancestor. — Also termed (in Scots law) brieve of mortancestry. “Another of the petty assizes was that of mort d’ancestor, founded on the Assize of Northhampton 1176. The question in this assize was whether the plaintiff’s
line
line, n. 1. A demarcation, border, or limit (the line between right and wrong). 2. A person’s occupation or business (what line of business is Watson in?). 3. In manufacturing, a series of closely related products. 4. The ancestry of a person; lineage (the Fergusons came from a long line of wheat farmers). collateral line.