Direct Line
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In the law of descent. Direct lineal succession.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Direct lineal succession.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Property is said to descend or be inherited in the direct line when it passes in lineal succession; from ancestor to son, grandson, great-grandson, and so on.
Defined under Direct in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Property is said to descend or be inherited in the direct line when it passes in lineal succession; from ancestor to son, grandson, great-grandson, and so on.