Parentage
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Kindred in the direct ascending line. See 2 Bouv. Inst, note 1955.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Those in a direct ascending line of relationship.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Kindred in the direct ascending line. See 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1955. For a discussion of the subject in connection with citizenship, see 2 Kent 49; Morse, Citizenship; Citizen; Naturalization.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
kindred. Vide 1; 7 Term R. 350, 351, o.; 3 Branch, Line. Johns. Cas. 60; 1 Chit. Pl. 68.