Linea

Lat. A line; line of descent. See Line.

— Linea obliqua. In the civil law. The oblique line. More commonly termed "linea transversalis."

— Linea reeta. The direct line ; the vertical line. In computing degrees of kindred and the succession to estates, this term denotes the direct line of ascendants and descendants. Where a person springs from another immediately, or mediately through a third person, they are said to be in the direct line, (linea reeta,) and are calied "ascendants" and "descendants." Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 129.

— Linea transversalis. A collateral, transverse, or oblique line. Where two persons are descended from a third, they are called "collaterals," and are said to be related in the collateral line, (linea transversa or obliqua.)

I In civil and old English law. A line; a series of persons descending from a common stock. Linea recta: the right line; the direct line; a line of persons in which the one is descended mediately or immediately from the other; — semper prajfertnr trans- Tersali: the right line is always preferred to the collateral. Linea transversalis: tlje transverse or cross line; a line crossing the right or perpendicular line.

In the civil law. Linea obliqna: the oblique line, — more commonly termed linea transversalis, q. v.

Lat. A line; line of descent. See Ling.

I. A line; a line of descent. Linea recta semper prsefertur transversal!: the direct line is always preferred to the collateral. LineaL In a direct line; from parent to child. Lineal warranty: a warranty of land made by a person in the Hue of title, or who might have been heir. v. Collateral.