Ascent
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Passage upwards; the transmission of an estate from the ancostor to the heir in the ascending line. See 4 Kent, Co.min. 393, 307.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. fr. Assent; knowledga
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Passage upwards; the transmission of an estate from the ancestor to the heir in the ascending line. See 4 Kent, Comm. 393, 397.