Lawful heirs
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In a general sense, those whom the law recognizes as the heirs of a decedent, but in a special and technical sense, lineal descendants only.
Abbott v. Essex Co, 18 How. 215. 15 L, Ed. 352; Rollins v. Keel, 115 N. C. 68, 20 S. E. 209; Co.nger v. Lowe, 124 Ind. 368, 24 N. E. 889; 9 L. R. A 165 ; Moody v. Snell, 81 Pa. 362,