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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 351 U.S. 570 - De Sylva v. Ballentine · 1956Most cited · 1,026 citing opinions
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the controlling question under state law should be whether the child would be an heir of the author
How often courts cite the cases defining “children”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “children” — 1,046 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1854–1956
- ORIGINAL
The word 'issue' is a general term, which, if not qualified or explained, may be construed to include grandchildren as well as children. But the legal construction of the word 'children' accords with its popular signification, namely, as designating the immediate offspring.
legal vs. popular meaning