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Definition of Lineally
1. Adverb. By an unbroken line of descent. "She is related lineally to the Royal Family"
Definition of Lineally
1. adv. In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.
Definition of Lineally
1. Adverb. (genealogy) By direct descent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lineally
1. lineal [adv] - See also: lineal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lineally
Literary usage of Lineally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1827)
"Doctrine of Descents, THE first rule or canon of descent, as laid down by Sir W.
Blackstone, is,—" That inheritances shall lineally descend to the issue of ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"RULE THAT INHERITANCE SHALL NOT lineally ASCEND. — The common-law rule that
inheritances shall never lineally ascend ' has been done away with in England. ..."
3. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1877)
"(2 Bl. Com. 240; Post 476. WC lh. Primary Canons of Descent, applicable to Lineal
Kindred, as heirs; "WC 1'. Canon I. Inheritances shall lineally descend' ..."
4. A Digest of the Law of Real Property by William Cruise, Simon Greenleaf, Henry Hopley White (1856)
"The first rule or canon of descent, as laid down by Sir W. Blackstone, is,—" That
inheritances shall lineally 1 Each of the United States has its own rules ..."
5. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"... one of the most ancient and noble families in the kingdom, being lineally
descended from Alexander, the youngest son of William, third earl Marischal. ..."
6. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books; with an Analysis of the by William Blackstone, Edward Christian, Joseph Chitty, Thomas Lee, John Eykyn Hovenden, Archer Ryland (1838)
"Collateral kinsmen are such then as lineally spring from one and the same ancestor,
who is the stirps, or root, the stipes, trunk, or common these issues ..."
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