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SON, kindred. An immediate male descendant. In its technical meaning in
devises, this is a word of purchase, but the testator may make it a word of
descent. Sometimes it is extended to more remote descendants.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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