lineal

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Pace is related to John, Richard and Lineal Pace, brothers who in 1839 contributed $100 of $117,900 needed to endow the university and bring it to Boone County.

From Washington Times • Sep. 21, 2019

Lineal successor of Inness is Dwight William Tryon, not that his work resembles the older man's, but because both paint the American landscape with a deep personal feeling and with a superb technique.

From American Men of Mind by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

She was an uncommon woman, with a pushing mind, and exhibited as "The Princess Popocatapetl, Lineal Descendant of Montezuma and Queen of the Caribbeans."

From The Belted Seas by Colton, Arthur Willis

The Estimate is on the basis of Lineal Feet.

From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough

Lineal relatives by blood or collateral relatives by blood up to the third degree cannot intermarry; but this does not apply as between an adopted child and his collateral relatives by adoption.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe