Line

3 1, Exterior limit; limit of possession or ownership; boundary.

If a boundary line runs to or by the Hne of an object, such as a house or a lot, ordinarily the exterior limit is intended. And the grantor in a deed may use the word in this sense with respect to the line of a street. ' But the general rule is that a grantee takes only to the middle of a street as a boundary, unless the deed or the character of the locality indicates a different intention. It will not ordinarily be presumed that the grantor intends to reserve a narrow strip of land, of no special use to him, and of no value, should the way be discontinued.* See further Along; Boundary; Thread; Wall. ■-3. A connected series, as, of facilities, means of conveyance, transportation, or transmission. As, a continuous line, intersecting lines, competing lines of railroad or telegraph communication.

See Carrier, Common; Connection, 1; Extend; Parallel; Telegraph. 3.

The connection between persons descended from a common ancestor; course of descent.

Direct line

Persons immediately descended one from the other.

Collateral line

Persons descended from the same ancestor, but not from each other.

Paternal line

Descent as traced through the father.

MaternallinB.

Descent traced thjpough the mother. These lines are in turn spoken of as ascending^ and descending: proceeding upward, and downward. Lineal; lineage. Lineal implies immediate descent, direct course of descent: 5 as, ■ Mc Donald v. Hovey, 110 U. S. 631 (1684), cases: B. S. §1008. = Eetzer v. Wood, 109 U. S. 187 (1883), cases. * L. linea, thread, string. ■> Hamlin v. Pau-jioint' Manuf. Co., 141 Mass. 56 (1886), lineal — consanguinity, descent, warranty, gg. V. See also Ancestor; Pedigree.