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Nephew [fr. nepos, Lat.], (1) the son of a brother or sister, or half-brother or half-sister; (2) in special cases, a great-nephew, Weeds v. Bristow, (1866) LR 2 Eq 333, or nephew by marriage, Sherratt v. Mountford, (1873) LR 8 Ch 928, and even an illegitimate nephew (In the goods of Ashton, 1892, P. 83).