Maternal
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That which belongs to, or comes from, the mother; as, maternal authority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line. See "Line."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That which belongs to, or comes from, the mother: as, maternal authority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line. See Line.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
That which belongs to or comes from, the mother; as maternal authority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line.
— Maternal property. That which comes from the mother of the party, and other ascendants of the maternal stock. Dom. Liv. Prl. t. 3, s. 2, nn. 12.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
That which belongs to, or comes from, the mother; as maternal quthority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line,