Lineal descent is metaphorically in a straight line; a lineal descendant is the child of the child of the child (repeat as necessary) of your own child. It is not the child of your sister, and so forth.
If you mean "descendant" it is a later generation, or offspring.
The word lineal is redundant and so the abbreviation is "ft"
Descendant of Theudbald meaning bold people.
Means that a certain animal from a specific ancestor. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/descendant
What about " descendant " ?
Yes, they are a lineal descendant. You share a common ancestor in a direct line. You are her grandparent.
Father or mother
A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant., A cousin., The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
Ruler
Lineal simply means along a line, so a linear metre is a metre.
Any woman over the age of sixteen, regardless of race or geographical residence, who is a lineal descendant or blood collateral descendant of a Confederate soldier may join the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Both lineal and collateral ancestors must be blood relations. A collateral ancestor is the brother of the applicant's lineal ancestor, i.e. an uncle of the applicant. The collateral ancestor, like the lineal ancestor, must have served the Confederacy honorably or rendered material aid or civil service to the Confederacy. Cousins or the husband of a blood aunt (great, great, etc. aunt) are not collateral ancestors.
Yes you can. According to the packers website "Stock may only be transferred to an immediate family member. An immediate family member for this purpose refers to a spouse, parent, brother, sister or lineal descendant of a person. A lineal descendant, in legal usage, refers to a blood relative in the direct line of descent - children, grandchildren, great-grand children, etc., of a person. Adopted children, for whom adoption statutes create the same rights of heirship as children of the body, come within the meaning of the term "lineal descendants."
Lineal means ruler so lina could mean rule?
It means "referring to a line" and is usually employed in the context of lengths.
I don't understand converting an area to a lineal measurement. Do you mean the length of the side of a square of that area? This would be 201.168 meters.
If you mean "descendant" it is a later generation, or offspring.
A lineal foot is is one foot along the ground. A 12" ruler is a lineal foot.