PATERNAL

That which belongs to the father or comes from him. -Paternal power. The authority lawfully exercised by parents over their children. This phrase is also used to translate the Latin "patria potestas," (q. 11.)'"""'.Paternal property. That which descends or comes to one from his father, grandfather, or other ascendant or collateral on the paternal side' of the house. [s. 887]