What is BRANCH? Definition of BRANCH in Black's Law Dictionary
An offshoot, lateral extension, or subdivision. Any member or part of a body or system; a department. Northern Indiana Land Co. v. Carlin, 139 Ind. 324, 127 N.E. 197, 201.
A branch of a family stock is a group of persons related by descent from a common ancestor, and related to the main stock by the fact that that common ancestor descends from the original founder or progenitor. Certificate given by the Trinity House to pilots who have passed an examination. Houston Pilots v. Goodwin, Tex.Civ.App., 178 S.W.2d 308, 311. "Group", "wing", "faction", "party" or "section - and "branch" as synonymous. In re Mc Kean's Estate, 152 Pa, Super. 613, 33 A.2d 51, 52.
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