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A brother by both the fathers and mothers side in contradistinction to a uterine brother one by the mother only...
German
German {fr. germain, Fr.; germanus, Lat.], brother; one approaching to a brother in proximity of blood: thus the children of brothers and sisters are called cousins-german...
Cousin
Cousin [fr. Cousin, Fr.; cugino, It.; consobrinus, Lat., whence cusdrin, susrin; sabrino, Sp.]. A cousin is any collateral relation except brothers and sistes, and their descendants, and the brothers and sisters of any ancestor. The child of A.'s uncle or aunt is called his cousin-german, or first cousin, and the child, grandchild, etc., of such cousin is called his first cousin once, twice, etc., removed. The grand child of A.'s great-uncle is his second cousin, and the chld, grandhchild, etc., of such cousin is his second cousin, once, twice, etc., removed, and so on. This distinction between first cousins once removed and second cousins is well recognized by the law [see Re Parker, (1881) 17 Ch D 262]. The word 'cousin' properly means the children of brothers and sisters and implies consanguinity, but it is sometimes used in a loose and vague sense without any such implication, as when the sovereign addresses a nobleman, or a member of the Privy Council, as a 'cousin,' and when we s...
Patruelis
Patruelis, a cousin-german by the father's side; the son or daughter of a father's brother, Civ. Law....
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