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  • 11lineal descendant — index child Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 lineal descendant n. A person who …

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  • 12heir — / ar/ n: one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of property after the death of its owner: as a: one who by operation of law inherits the property and esp. the real property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will… …

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  • 13subordinate — adj Subordinate, secondary, dependent, subject, tributary, collateral are comparable when they mean placed in or belonging to a class, rank, or status lower than the highest or the first in importance or power. Subordinate applies to a person or… …

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  • 14lineal — lin·eal / li nē əl/ adj: consisting of or being in a direct male or female line of ancestry a lineal descendant compare collateral 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 15List of law topics (A-E) — NOTOC Law [From Old English lagu something laid down or fixed ; legal comes from Latin legalis , from lex law , statute ( [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=law searchmode=none Law] , Online Etymology Dictionary; [http://www.m… …

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  • 16AGNAT — AGNA Venant du droit romain, «agnat» (en latin agnatus ) désigne dans l’anthropologie contemporaine un système de descendance reposant uniquement sur la lignée mâle (par opposition à «cognat», qui qualifie la parenté par les femmes). Le critère… …

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  • 17William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire — (1350 1399) was a close supporter of King Richard II of England. LifeHe was a soldier adventurer in Lithuania [Christopher Tyerman, England and the Crusades, 1095 1588 (1996), p. 270.] , Italy and France, where he served with John of Gaunt. Gaunt …

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  • 18Earl of Wiltshire — The title Earl of Wiltshire is one of the oldest in the Peerage of England, going back to the 12th century. It is currently held by the Marquess of Winchester, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the marquess.The earldom was… …

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  • 19Hereditary peer — Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. There are over seven hundred peers who hold titles that may be inherited. Formerly, most of them were entitled to a seat in House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999… …

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  • 20George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield — Infobox Person name = George Augustus Eliott 1st Baron Heathfield residence = other names = imagesize = 320px caption = 1787 portrait of Lord Heathfield by Sir Joshua Reynolds birth name = birth date = birth date|1717|12|25 birth place = Wells… …

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