Half-Blood
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A term denoting the degree of relationship which exists between those who have one parent only in common. never inherit, upon the presumption that he is not of the blood of the original purchaser; but this rule has been greatly modified by 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c.
106.
In this country, the common-law principle on this subject may be considered as not in force, though in many states some distinction is still preserved between the whole and the half-blood.
4 Kent, Comm. 403, note; 2 Yerg. (Tenn.) 115; 1 Mc Cord (S. C.) 456; 31 Pa. St. 289; Dane, Abr. Index; 2 Washb. Real Prop. 411.
See "Descent."
See Descent.