DESCENT. 
Jaw of England to ufe; fince the right of repr efentation, of 
the parent by the iffue, is allowed to prevail ia infinitum. 
The iffue or defcendants, therefore, of John Stiles’s brother 
are all of them in the firit degree of kindred with refpect to 
inheritances, thofe of his uncle in the {econd, and thofe of 
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to this; that on failure of iffue of the perfon Jaft feifed, the 
inheritance fhall defcend to the other fubfifting iffue of his 
next immediate anceftor. Thus, if John see ee ied 
out iffue, Ais eftate thall co _to ) Fran 
c. 27.) the father, or other lineal ancef- 
tor is himfelf faid 6 be the heir, though long fince dead, as 
being reprefented by the Rigiser of his iffue, who are la 
to fucceed not in their own rights, as brethren, uncles, & 
but in right of reprefenaton, as the se ee of the ater 
grandfather, &c. of the decea the co 
anceftor be thus the root of the eae yet te us it 
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whole blocd ; for, if t ‘ 
, a diftant kinfman of the we blood ae 
e other entirely excluded; nay, 
eftate fhall efcheat to the lord, fooner das the half blood 
fhall inherit. See Bioop, abil an 
e tule, pie shoe its dluAradion, amounts to this: 
that in order ate of John Stiles as nearly as 
poffible in the Tine o his purchating anceftor, it muft defcend 
to the iffue of the nearett couple of anceftors that have left 
defcendants behind becaufe the varecees of 
one anceftor only are not fo likely to in the line 
of that purchafing anceflor, as thofe who are defcend- 
both. But, 
couples are (reprefentatively) related to him in the fam 
aad a a difficulty occurs in determining to which of thefe 
anceftors we ner firft refort, in order to find out defcend- 
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the female that is, kindred derived from the blood of 
however remot fhall be admitted be- 
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omale. 
oman laws; and a th 
mandy. — uke on this fubje& Blackft, Com. vol. ii. 
chap. 14, p 
If one dies feiled of land, wherein another has a right to 
enter, and it defcends to his heir; fuch defcent thall take 
away the other’s right of aes and put him to his action 
for recovery thereof. Stat. 32 Hen. VIII.c. 31. Co. 
Litt. 2 
37° 
Descent of the Crown. - See Right of Crown and 
NG. 
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Descent, fall, in Mechanics, &c. is the motion, or ten- 
dency, of a body towards the centre of the earth, either di- 
reQly or obliquely: and this defcent may be confidered as 
occurring _ a free or unrefifting medium, or as impeded 
by fome folid a or as — by a denfe medium. 
That if a body & defcend 
na pe pearl: direction, by the force of 
e force, urging it downwards, will be 
equal to its ticle ache and its quantity of matter being 
alfo 4, the accelerative force will be Fort 
If, whilft the body 4 is defcending, it is made to de- 
ean obliquely along an inclined plane, the fine of whofe 
angle of inclination to the horizon is s, the radius being 1, 
the motive force urging the body down the cine will be ds, 
f 
and therefore the accelerative force will be + or 5, lefs 
than that in the former cafe in the orgie of sto x. 
nd again ugh a 
dium, e. gr. water, be divifible, yet if it be feeeaalty bes 
vier than another, e. gr. wood, it is only heavier as it ¢ 
tains more ia cee ot a in oo fame bulk, all och 
the oe of the body being 4, and that t of an aul bulk 
of the medium being m, = news force urging the body 
es defend will be only 
» the i er that fufesaas sa body in a {pecifically 
hae the oe Teenie gravity will defcend with 
greater velocity im the air or other refiiting medium, — 
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