daughter

daughter
A girl or woman who is the child in a parent and child relationship; a word which is not a technical legal term having a fixed and definite meaning, but one which is flexible and subject to construction to give effect to the intention of the maker of the instrument in which it appears. Conner v Gardner, 230 Ill 258, 82 NE 640. The designation "daughter" appearing in a will may serve to indicate the inclusion of an illegitimate child of the testator among his beneficiaries. 10 Am J2d Bast § 141.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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