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Genealogy

Genealogy [fr. Gk., and] the history of the succession of families; enumeration of descent in order of succession; pedigree....

Herald [fr. here, Sax., an army, and heald, a champion; herault, heraut, Fr.; herald, Ger.; araldo, Ital.; because it was part of his office to charge or challenge unto battle or combat], an officer who registers genealogies, adjusts ensigns armorial, regulates funerals, and carries messages between princes, and proclaims war and peace. Heralds were anciently called Dukes at Arms, probably from the Latin ducere ad arma; because the conducting of affairs concerning peace and war devolved upon them, their office being to carry messages to the enemy, and to proclaim war and peace. Hence the persons of heralds were deemed sacred by the law of nations, and were received and protected by belligerent powers, as flags of truce are in the present day. The three chief heralds are called Kings of Arms; of whom (1) Garter is the principal, instituted by Henry V. His office is to attend the Knights of the Garter at their solemnities, and to marshal the funerals of the nobility. (2) Clarencieux King...

Armorial bearings

Armorial bearings, a device depicted on the (now imaginary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is the lowest degree. The criterion of nobility is the bearing of arms, or armorial bearings, received from ancestry. There is nothing, however, to prevent persons assuming arbitrary insignia and armorial bearings; and all persons entitled to bear arms can register their genealogies and families at the Heralds' College, Benet's Hill, London, on payment of a moderate fee, the heralds being the examiners of these matters and the recorders of genealogies. 43 Geo. 3, c. 161, imposed an assessed tax upon armorial bearings, whether borne on plate, carriages, seals, or in any other way. This Act is now replaced by the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 14), s. 19, by which 'armorial bearings' includes any armorial bearings, crest, or ensign, by whatever name called, and whether registered in the College of Arms or not. This Act, by s. 18, fixes the tax as fo...

Panjis

Panjis, panjis are maintained by Panjikars who are professional genealogists. They systematically maintain pedigree tales in the community of Naithal Brahmins. They go from place to place and periodically ascertain the genealogies of their clients and enter them in Panjis (palm leaf manuscripts of genealogy) and add to them such fresh additions as occur in the family from time to time. They are considered important in this community because questions of marriage (who may marry whom) and relationship and caste turn on them. Statements about pedigree are not therefore lightly made in such cases, Sitaji v. Bijendra Narain Chaudhary, AIR 1954 SC 601 (603). (Evidence Act, 1872, ss. 32, 33)...

Forefather

One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree but usually in a remote degree an ancestor...

Pedigree

Pedigree [fr. per and degre, Fr.-Skinner], genealogy; lineage; account of descent. Falsifying a pedigree, upon which title does or may depend, is punishable under the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859, s. 24, now L.P. Act, 1925, s. 183 (1) (b); and see the Forgery Act, 1913. As to the admissibility of hearsay evidence in questions of pedigee, see Taylor on Evidence, s. 571; Hubback on Succession, p. 648; and see ACCESS....

Fitz

Fitz [Nor., fr. fils, Fr.], a son. It is used in law and genealogy; as Fitzherbert, the son of Herbert; Fitzjames, the son of James; Fitzroy, the son of the king. It was originally applied to illegitimate children....

Arbor consanguinitatis

Arbor consanguinitatis, a tree-shaped table, showing the genealogy of a family. See the Arbor civilis of the civilians and canonists, Hale's Com. Law, 335....

Purana

One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation destruction and renovation of worlds the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes the reigns of the Manus and the transactions of their descendants The principal Puranas are eighteen in number and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas...

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