Paterna paternis
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Paternal property descends to paternal descendants.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat. Paternal estates to paternal heirs. A rule of the French law, signifying that such portion of a decedent's estate as came to him from his father must descend to his heirs on the father's side.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. Paternal estates [go to the] heirs on the father's sida V. Materna.. '
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
This expression 1s used in the French law to signify that in a succession, the property coming from the father of the deceased, descends to his paternal relations.