Linea

Lat. A line; line of descent. See Line.

— Linea obliqua. In the civil law. The oblique line. More commonly termed "linea transversalis."

— Linea reeta. The direct line ; the vertical line. In computing degrees of kindred and the succession to estates, this term denotes the direct line of ascendants and descendants. Where a person springs from another immediately, or mediately through a third person, they are said to be in the direct line, (linea reeta,) and are calied "ascendants" and "descendants." Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 129.

— Linea transversalis. A collateral, transverse, or oblique line. Where two persons are descended from a third, they are called "collaterals," and are said to be related in the collateral line, (linea transversa or obliqua.)