Succession Act, 1925 — Section 99: Construction of terms

99. Construction of terms. In a will―

(a)the word “children” applies only to lineal descendants in the first degree of the person whose “children” are spoken of;

(b)the word “grandchildren” applies only to lineal descendants in the second degree of the person whose “grandchildren” are spoken of;

(c)the words “nephews” and “nieces” apply only to children of brothers or sisters;

(d)the words “cousins”, or “first cousins”, or “cousins-german”, apply only to children of brothers or of sisters of the father or mother of the person whose “cousins”, or “first cousins”, or “cousins-german”, are spoken of;

(e)the words “first cousins once removed” apply only to children of cousins german, or to cousins-german of a parent of the person whose “first cousins once removed” are spoken of;

(f)the words “second cousins” apply only to grandchildren of brothers or of sisters of the grandfather or grandmother of the person whose “second cousins” are spoken of;

(g)the words “issue” and “descendants” apply to all lineal descendants whatever of the person whose “issue” or “descendants” are spoken of;

(h)words expressive of collateral relationship apply alike to relatives of full and of half blood; and

(i)all words expressive of relationship apply to a child in the womb who is afterwards born alive.