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Niece

Niece [fr. neptis, Lat.], the daughter of a brother or sister; may, as nephew, mean great-niece, or niece by marriage...

Nephew [fr. nepos, Lat.], (1) the son of a brother or sister, or half-brother or half-sister; (2) in special cases,...

Uncle and nephew. A nephew, the son of a deceased elder brother, was by the general law in force immediately...

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Groundnut Kernel, Groundnut is a well commodity which is available both in shell and as kernel. In this context, 'kernel'...

Distribution, Statute of (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 10), now only applied to intestacies prior to 1926, repealed by...

Collateral warrants, abolished by the (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74), s. 14,...

The sister of ones husband or wife also the wife of ones brother sometimes the wife of ones husbands or...

A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions and the land of...

A sharing among brothers or brothers kin

Frater consanguineus, a brother by the father's side, opposed to frater uterinus, a brother by the mother's side.

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