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The share faillng to a child from a parent’s estate or the estate of any one bearing a similar relation. State v. Crossley, 69 Ind. 209; Lewis’s Appeal, 108 Pa. 136; In re Miller’s will, 2 Lea (Tenn.) 57

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)