Line
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In descents. The order or se ries of persons who have descended one from the other or all from a common ancestor, considered us placed ina line of succession in the order of their birth, the line showing the connection of all the blood-relatives. Measures, A line is a lineal measure, containing the one-twelfth part of an inch. In estates. The boundary or line of division between two estates.