Half-Blood

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."

A term denoting the degree of relationship which exists between those who have one parent only in common. By the English common law, one related to an intestate of the half-blood only could never inherit, upon the presumption that he is not of the blood of the original purchaser; but this rule has been greatly modified by the 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 106. In this country, the common-law principle on this subject may be considered as not ordinarily in force, though in many states some distinction is still preserved between the whole and the half-blood; 4 Kent 403, n.; Butler v. King, 2 Yerg. (Tenn.) 115; Lawson v. Perdriaux, 1 M'Cord (S. C.) 456; Danner v. Shissler, 31 Pa. 289; Dane, Abr. Index; Reeves, Descents, passim; 2 Washb. R. P. 411.

A term denoting the degree of relationship which exists between those who have the same father or the same mother, but not both parents in common.

Defined under Blood in Black's Law Dictionary.

The blood of one mother's side only. Half breviated common clause which it is stated that the year: the period of one hours being rejected.

In English law. Half seal: of commissions to delegates maritime causes. Half one-half of which consisted In the civil law. Half proof: strument heir, but to more remote persons also; so on in succession, is included in the an heir to the whole estate; a sole heir. or foreign heir; one who was not subtestator, or person who made him heir. by will; a testamentary heir; a person by will. Haires fldeicommissarius: the an estate was given to another by will. heir, or heir in trusty a person conwill, in trust for the benefit of another commissaries. Haercs natns: an heir born; a distinguished from one made heir. Haeres heir; a slave made an heir, so called, testator, he became instantly free and suus: a proper heir; literally, one's own law. To give a right of inheritance, or to the grantee and his heirs. law. Haven courts; courts anciently A house; a house in a city or borough: fr.

In old English law. A hedge or enclosure. \ English law. A permission or liberty or repair hedges.; the whole. The crime of beating or assaulting a That which grows at homa law. To seek restitution of one's own the same home again. ^^ parent only; blood on the father's or defense: the technical name of the abat the commencement of a plea, by defendant comes and defends, etc. Half hundred and eighty-two days, — the odd a seal «sed in chancery, for the sealing appointed on appeal in ecclesiastical or tongue: a term anciently applied to a jury, of natives, and the other half of aliens. proof by one witness, or a private in-

A term denoting the degree of relationship which exists between those who have the same father or tne same mother, but not both parents in eommon. See BROTHER.

Descent from one lineal ancestor only of a pair. v. Full blood. Half-proof: in the civil law, proof by only one witness, or a private instrument. Half-tongue: a jury bilinguu.

parentage, kindred. When persons are descended from only one parent in common, they are of the half-blood, or related only by half inthe same degree that children descended from the same parents are. For example, if John marry Serah and has a son by that marriage, and after Sarah’s death he marry Maria, and has by her another son, these children are of the half-blood, whereas two of the children of John and Sarah would be of the whole blood. By the English common law, one related to an intestate of the half blood only, could never inherit, upon the presumption that he is not of the blood of the original purchaser; but this rule has been greatly modified by the 3 and 4 Wm. 4, c. 166. In this country the common law principle on this subject may be considered as not being in force, though in some states some distinction is still preserved between the whole and the half Yerg. 115; 1 M‘Cord, 456; Dane’s Ab. Index, h. t.; Reeves on Descents, passim. Vide Descents.