Descendant

[Lat. descendens.] One who descends or is descended from another; a relative in the descending line; 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.

Ambl. 397. 2 Jlilliard's Real Prop. 542.