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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.