Grandchildren
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though, in general, they can make no such claim. 6 Coke, 16. See "Child"; "Construction."
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The children of one’s children.' Sometime.s these may take bequests in a will to children; in general they cannot claim; 6 Co. 16. The term grandchildren has been held to include greatgrandchildren; 2 Eden 194; contra, Hone v. Van Schaick, 3 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 488, 506; Hone V. Van Schaick, 3 N. Y. 638.