Ancestor
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Ancestor, one that has gone before in a family 'it differs from precedessor, in that it is applied to a natural person and his progenitors, while the latter is applied also to a corporation, and those who have held offices before those who now fill them, Co. Litt. 78 b.
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