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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 1-209

  • Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(a) In construing all provisions of the estates of decedents law and, unless a contrary intention is indicated, in construing the terms of a will, issue means every living lineal descendant except a lineal descendant of a living lineal descendant.

(b) A person who is treated as a child of a person pursuant to §§ 1-205 through 1-208 of this subtitle shall be considered for all purposes as:

(1) A lineal descendant of the person; and

(2) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a lineal descendant of all persons of whom the person is a lineal descendant.