Younger Children
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
This phrase, when used in English conveyancing with reference to settlements of land, signifies all such children as are not entitled to the rights of an eldest son. It therefore includes daughters, even those who are older than the eldest son. Mozley & W. Z is frequently used for y, in old English and Scotch records. ZABULUM (Law Lat.) In old records. Coarse sand or gravel. Blount. ZE (Old Scotch). Ye. Skene de Verb. Sign. voc. "Homagium." ZEIR (Old Scotch). Year. "Zeir and day." Bell, Diet. ZELDE (Old Scotch.) A gift or donation. Skene de Verb. Sign. voc. "Herezelda."
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
When used with and youth of both sexes. Nelson v. Cushing, reference to settlements of land in England, 2 Cush. (Mass.) 519, 528. Z
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
This phrase, when used in English conveyancing with reference to settlements of land, signifies all such children as are not entitled to the rights of an eldest son. It therefore includes daughters, even those who are older than the eldest son. Mozley S/- W.