Assignment Task: The following terms should be defined and submitted in an MS Word file. Please use Black's Law Dictionary, your textbook or your state's code. Most states now have their statutes available online in searchable formats. Please cite to the source at the end of each definition (ex: Vernon's Texas Family Code Annotated or Black's Law Dictionary). If you use the textbook you must cite the page number and use the word in a sentence. If you use Black's Law Dictionary you must indicate what edition you are using. Black's Law Dictionary can also be found on Westlaw. You can typically define these terms.
Definitions:
- Ancestor
- Ascendant
- Collateral relative
- Consanguineous relationship
- Curtesy rights
- Descendant
- Descent and distribution
- Domicile
- Dower Rights
- Escheat