Consanguinity An old-fashioned term referring to the relationship of "blood relatives" -- people who have a common ancestor. Consanguinity exists, for example, between brothers and sisters but not between husbands and wives. Need Legal Help?
CONSANGUINITY - The relation subsisting among all the different persons descending from the same stock or common ancestor.
consanguinity: Related by blood. conservator: one who is appointed by a court to manage the affairs of a protected person ...
Consanguinity. Latin consanguineus: con, together; sanguis, blood. The connection or relation of persons descended from the same stock or common ancestor. 2 Bl. Com. 202; blood-relationship. Opposed, affinity. Consanguinei. Blood relations.
consanguinity, lineal Lineal consanguinity, or the direct line of consanguinity, is the relationship between persons, one of which is a descendant of the other.
Consanguinity - A relationship created by blood; persons who descend from a common ancestor.
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Consanguinity, or affinity between the parties within the prohibited degree.
(4) The next of kin must be ascertained according to the rules of consanguinity, which are the same in English as in the civil law. Degree is calculated from the intestate, through the common ancestor if any, to the kindred.
c : arising from the usual course of events <a ~ result of the accident> 3 a : begotten as distinguished from adopted b : being a relation by consanguinity as distinguished from adoption <~ parents> ...
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