That lineal descent of authority is called the Apostolic Succession, or the historic episcopate, and is designed to preserve, intact, the faith of the Apostles.
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Lineal descent means that anyone directly descended from original tribal enrollees could be eligible for tribal enrollment, regardless of how much native blood they have.
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It has established membership based on a person's lineal descent from a member listed on the Osage Rolls at the time of the Osage Allotment Act of 1906.
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The government of the United States today is in lineal descent more nearly related to that of Connecticut than to that of any of the other thirteen colonies ."
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The Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria currently has 525 Enrolled Tribal Citizens, and enrollment into the Bear River Band is based on lineal descent and residency of the rancheria.
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Tribal enrollment is based on lineal descent, and applicants must be biologically connected to a current tribal member or to someone listed on the tribal rolls from 1854, 1889, or 1895.
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All mainstream religions prohibit some marriages on the basis of the consanguinity ( lineal descent ) and affinity ( kinship by marriage ) of the prospective marriage partners, though the standards vary.
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Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, tribes can claim remains if they can prove lineal descent, said Lynn Simonelli, assistant curator for anthropology at the Dayton Museum of Discovery.
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So is an organic, discursive pattern of lineal descent, with artists taking cues from their immediate forebears but also rummaging through the past, rejecting and rediscovering and always extending the thread of tradition.
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Williamite War, declaring, " We conducted a Fergus to Scotland; we welcome in James the Second the undoubted heir of Fergus by the lineal descent of one hundred and ten crowned heads ".
