MLchartDataset catalogue

Heirs of the body

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002420

Direct lineal descendants of a person, such as children, grandchildren, and so forth, but excluding collateral relatives like siblings or cousins. This phrase is often used in wills and deeds to limit inheritance to biological or adopted offspring. It creates a fee tail estate, which is restricted to the lineal descendants of the grantee.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002420
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002420",
  "term": "Heirs of the body",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Direct lineal descendants of a person, such as children, grandchildren, and so forth, but excluding collateral relatives like siblings or cousins. This phrase is often used in wills and deeds to limit inheritance to biological or adopted offspring. It creates a fee tail estate, which is restricted to the lineal descendants of the grantee.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/heirs-of-the-body/"
}

Record 2,336 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.