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Blood

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Blood, kindred, lineage. It is a maxim that none shall claim as heir who is not of the blood (i.e., kindred) of the purchaser, Co. Litt. 12 a. and see STRANGER IN BLOOD.

The relationship arising by descent from a common ancestor; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

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