Construction of terms
OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS
In a will-
the word "children" applies only to lineal descendants in the first degree of the person whose "children" are spoken of;
the word "grandchildren" applies only to lineal descendants in the second degree of the person whose "grandchildren" are spoken of;
the words "nephews" and "nieces" apply only to children of brothers or sisters;
the words "cousins", or "first cousins", or "cousins-german", apply only to children of brothers or of sisters of the father or mother of the person whose "cousins", or "first cousins", or "cousins-german", are spoken of;
the words "first cousins once removed" apply only to children of cousins-german, or to cousins-german of a parent of the person whose "first cousins once removed" are spoken of;
the words "second cousins" apply only to grand-children of brothers or of sisters of the grandfather or grandmother of the person whose "second cousins" are spoken of;
the words "issue" and "descendants" apply to all lineal descendants whatever of the person whose "issue" or "descendants" are spoken of;
words expressive of collateral relationship apply alike to relatives of full and of blood; and
all words expressive of relationship apply to a child in the womb who is afterwards born alive.