Look up: Lineal

1. lineal
   [adj] - in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child 2. [adj] - arranged in a line
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2. lineal
   the blood relationship which subsists between persons of whom one is descended in a direct line from the other; as between the son, the father and the grandfather in the ascending line, and between the father, son and grandson, and so on downward, in the descending line. (Ballentine`s,3rd ed.,1969,p.742) Category: Law
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3. Lineal
   Lin'e·al (lĭn'e* a l) adjective [ Latin linealis belonging to a line, from linea line: confer French linéal . See 3d Line .] 1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from an...
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4. lineal
   adjective arranged in a line
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5. lineal
   adjective in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; `lineal ancestors`; `lineal heirs`; `a direct descendant of the king`; `direct heredity`
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6. Lineal
   • (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). • (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude. • (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs. &bull...
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