Tag: descents
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Stock
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Stock Meaning of Stock A fund, capital ; the money or goods employed in trade ; the property which a merchant , a tradesman or a company has invested in any business , including merchandise , money and […]
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Stock
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Stock Meaning of Stock A fund, capital ; the money or goods employed in trade ; the property which a merchant , a tradesman or a company has invested in any business , including merchandise , money and […]
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Line
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Line Meaning of Line In Descents. The series of persons who have descended from a common ancestor, placed one under the other, in the order of their birth. It connects successively all the relations by […]
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Stirpes
(Lat.) Descents. The root, stem, or stock of a tree. Figuratively, it signifies in law that person from whom a family is descended, and also the kindred or family. See Per Stirpes. 2 Bl. Comm. 209. …
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Stirpes
(Lat.) Descents. The root, stem, or stock of a tree. Figuratively, it signifies in law that person from whom a family is descended, and also the kindred or family. See Per Stirpes. 2 Bl. Comm. 209. …
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Degree
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Degree Meaning of Degree (Fr. degre, from Lat. gradus, a step in a stairway; a round of a ladder). A remove or step in the line of descent or consanguinity. The state or civil condition of a person. The […]
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To Acquire
To Acquire
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Capite
See Capita. …
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Posterity
All the descendants of a person in a direct line. …
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Posterity
All the descendants of a person in a direct line. …
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Agnati
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Agnati Meaning of Agnati In civil law. The members of a Roman family who traced their origfin and name to a common deceased ancestor through the male line, under whose paternal power they would be if he were […]
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Agnation
Relationship on the father’s side. See Agnates. …