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ancestral property<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(1838)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Property,\u00a0<\/span>especially<\/span>\u00a0immovable property<\/a>, that the present owner\u00a0has acquired from forebears, especially when the owner’s family has held the property for several generations at least.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Property acquired by descent. Gray v Chapman<\/em>, 114 Okla 66, 243 P 522<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See ancestral estate<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

ancestral estate<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. An estate<\/a> the title<\/a> to which has been acquired by descent, and which, under the common-law rule, at least the common-law rule in England, should be kept in the line of the ancestor by whom it was brought into the family, so that descent of the same is limited to descent to lineal descendants of the intestate or, upon the failure of\u00a0lineal descendants, to collateral relatives who were of the blood of the first purchaser. 23 Am J2d Desc & Dist\u00a0\u00a7 75<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“There are but two characters of estate known to our\u00a0<\/span>jurisprudence<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0An estate is either ancestral or nonancestral. \u00a0In some jurisdictions, the latter is termed ‘new acquisition’ or ‘purchase.'” \u00a0Gray v Chapman<\/em>, 114 Okl 66, 243 P 522<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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