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Lineal descent means that anyone directly descended from original tribal enrollees could be eligible for tribal enrollment, regardless of how much native blood they have. A collateral descendant is a legal term for a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor, and thus a niece, nephew, or cousin.
Definition of DESCENT. 1. b: transmission or devolution of an estate by inheritance usually in the descending line c: the fact or process of originating from an ancestral stock d: the shaping or development in nature and character by transmission from a source: derivation.2. : the act or process of descending. 3.edical Definition of DESCENT. 1. 2. a: derivation from an ancestor b: the fact or process of originating by generation from an ancestral stock (as a species or genus).