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Descendant

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

One who is descended from another; a person who proceeds from the body of another, such as a chlld, grandchild, etc., to the remotest degree. The term is the opposite of "ascendant," (q. v.) Descendants is a good term of description in a will, and includes all who proceed from the body of the person named; as grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Amb. 307; 2 Hin Real. Prop. 242.