Descend
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To pass by succession; as when the estate vests by operation of law in the heirs immediately upon the death of the ancestor. Dove v. Torr, 128 Mass. 40. See Descent and Distribution.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To pass immediately from one person to another by the operation of law, as to an heir on the death of his ancestor; strictly, to pass from the ancestor to the heir in the descending line, but constantly applied also to transmission in the ascending line. v. Descent.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[Lat. descendere; L. Fr. descender.] To pass immediately from one person to another by the operation of law, as to an heir on the death of his ancestor. See Descent. When an estate is said to have descended from A. to B. the natural and obvious meaning of the word is that it is an immediate descent from A. to B. Story, J., 3 Peters' R. 68, 91.