Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
Haereditas nunquam ascendit — An inheritance never ascends. This very ancient maxim was recorded in writings in the time of Henry the Second and was probably of feudal origin and formed the basis of the first canon of descent that inheritances should lineally descend to the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
haereditas nunquam ascendit — /haredataes narjkwam asendat/ An inheritance never ascends. 2 Bl.Comm. 211. A maxim of feudal origin, and which invariably prevailed in the law of England down to the passage of the statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV, c. 106, No. 6, by which it was abrogated … Black's law dictionary
