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DESCENDANTS [2 records]

Record 1 2012-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

A line of descent, lineage, race, stock. A descendant...; also,descendants collectively, offspring, issue. (Oxford)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Il s'agit d'emplois ordinaires du terme en droit successoral. Le verbe correspondant «descend» peut se rendre en français par descendre». Celui-ci se construit avec la préposition «de».

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Animal Breeding
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Demography
DEF

Members of the same biological family with the same mother and father.

Key term(s)
  • descendents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Amélioration génétique des animaux
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Démographie
DEF

Ensemble des descendants d'un individu.

Key term(s)
  • progéniture
  • descendants

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
  • Mejoramiento genético de animales
  • Producción vegetal
  • Demografía
Key term(s)
  • descendientes
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