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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An expression denoting that a maternal, inheritance descends to maternal relatives. See 2 Bl. Comm. 236.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat A maxim of the French law, signifying that property of a decedent acquired by him through his mother descends to the relations on the mother's side.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. The goods acquired through the mother descend to those connected with her.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. The goods acquired through the mother descend to those conaected with her.