Children
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
(See "Sons.") Legitimate offspring. ' L. R. 7 H. L. 568; 23 Hun (N. Y). 260; 14 N. J. Eq. 159. But see 42 Conn. 491.
It includes only the first generation, and does not embrace grandchildren (21 N. J. Eq. 84; 19 Ohio St. 30; 104 Mass. 193), but it has been given that meaning in instruments where the context or the necessity of effectuating the instrument required it (15 N. J. Eq. 174; 37 N. Y. 42; 88 Pa. St. 478). It does not include stepchildren (8 Paige [N. Y.] 375), nor adopted children (54^^3^304. But see 115 Mass. 262).