- nonancestral estate
- An estate the title to which was acquired otherwise than by descent. There are but two characters of estate known to our jurisprudence. An estate is either ancestral or nonancestral. In some jurisdictions, the latter is termed 'new acquisition' or `purchase.' " Gray v Chapman, 122 Okla 130, 243 P 522, 524.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.