Next of kin

Next of kin is the term used to describe a person's closest living blood relative or relatives.

Next Of Kin
It refers to the closest blood relative to the person who has died.

next of kin - Closest relative of someone who has died. Usually the spouse is considered the "next of kin".

Next of kin: The closest relatives. The term is frequently used to describe the closest blood relations who will inherit property from a person who dies without making a will.

Next of kin
The nearest blood relative of a deceased. The expression has come to describe those persons most related to a dead person and therefore set to inherit the decesased's property.
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next of kin
n. 1) the nearest blood relatives of a person who has died, including the surviving spouse. 2) anyone who would receive a portion of the estate by the laws of descent and distribution if there is no will.

next of kin The persons nearest in kindred to the decedent; those who are most nearly related to the decedent by blood; often used in a general sense to refer to those who are entitled to inherit the decedent's estate.

NEXT OF KIN. This term is used to signify the relations of a party who has died intestate.

Next of kin
Definition
1 : one or more living persons in the nearest degree of relationship to a particular individual
2 : those persons entitled by statute to receive the property in an intestate's estate
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The closest relatives, as defined by state law, of a deceased person. Most states recognize the spouse and the nearest blood relatives as next of kin.
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As in "next of kin", referring to the closest relative.
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Legacies To Next Of Kin.
When a bequest is made to testator's next of kin, it is understood the testator means such as are related to him by blood.

The next of kin of the same degree of relationship to the deceased were thus aggrieved by the preference of the administrator, and it was to remedy this grievance that the Statute of Distributions 1670/I was passed.

Originally the common law confined the term heir to an inheritor of real estate; the persons to whom the personal property of the deceased went were called the next of kin.

kin A blood or marriage relative; as in "next of kin" refers to the closest relative.
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Next of kin: Person's nearest blood relation. The expression has come to describe those persons most closely related to a dead person and therefore due to inherit his property if there is no will.

See also: Law, Kin, Person, Property, Will