Bairns
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Scotch law
A known term, used to denote one's whole issue.
Ersk. Inst. 3. 8. 48.
But it is sometimes used in a more limited sense. Bell, Diet.