Canons Of Inheritance
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or CANONS of descent. The legal rules hy which Inheritances are regulated, and according to which estates are transmitted by descent from the ancestor to the heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 208; 1 Steph. Comm. 359.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The legal rules by which inheritances are regulated, and according to which ostates are transmitted by descent from the ancestor to the heir, 2 Bl. Comm, 208.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
The legal rules by which inheritances are regulated, and according to which estates are transmitted by descent from the ancestor to the heir. 2 Bl. Com. 208. 1 Steph. Com. 359. 2 Crah Vs Real Prop. 1015, § 2394, et seq. 4 Kent's Com. 374—412. 2 ffilliard's Real Prop. 194—208.