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ancestor definition - legal

n

  1. One, such as a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, who precedes another in lineage.
  2. Any relative from whom one inherits by intestate succession.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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