{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-321","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-321","heading":"Descent through alien ancestor no bar.","body":"In making title by descent it is no bar to a party claiming as heir that an ancestor, whether living or dead, through whom he derives his descent from the intestate, is or has been an alien.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Intestates’ Estates."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-321","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"63f3ad48c21a19b65e7dca252fc6ffdf18fbd015ce694fbdd21b37d2c325f769","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-320","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-322"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}