Ancestor
81In the law governing the transfer or distribution of property, a child, children, and all individuals who descend from a common ancestor or descendents of any degree. — In the law governing the transfer or distribution of property, a child, children, and all individuals who descend from a common ancestor or descendents of any degree. A concept that refers to the fact that a particular question of fact or law,… …
82Mort d'Ancestor — Action to discover whether ancestor dies in possession of land, thus validating his heir s succession. (Sayles, George O. The King s Parliament of England, 145) Related terms: Assize, Disseisin, Novel Disseisin, Seisin …
83assize of mort d'ancestor — Assize of the death of the ancestor; a writ of assize to recover land from an abator of which the demandant s father or mother, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece had died seised. See 3 Bl Comm 185 …
84common ancestor — The same ancestor of two or more persons …
85mort d'ancestor — The death of an ancestor; a writ of assize to recover land from an abator of which the demandant s father or mother, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece had died seised. See 3 Bl Comm 185 …
86Enoch (ancestor of Noah) — Infobox Saint name=Saint Enoch birth date= death date= feast day=July 30 venerated in=Armenian Apostolic Church Armenian Catholic Church imagesize= caption= birth place= death place= titles=Holy Forefather beatified date= beatified place=… …
87Mort d'ancestor — A writ issued by *chancery which sought to establish the rightful heir of a property. The case was decided by a jury assembled by the *sheriff and held before one of the travelling justices or *justice in eyre. The question to be answered was… …
88Ceolwald [chol·wald] m (-es/-as) Ceolwald, son of Cuthwulf, an ancestor of the West-Saxon kings — f ( e/ a) Cerot s island, Chertsey, in Surrey, on the bank of the Thames …
89common ancestor — A person through whom two or more persons claim lineage …
90common ancestor — A person through whom two or more persons claim lineage …