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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
descents. This is a metaphorical expression which designates, in the genealogy of a family, the person from whom others are descended: those persons who have so descended are called branches.
Vide 1 Roper on Leg. 103; 2 Suppl. to Ves. 307; and Branch; Descent; Line; Stirpes.