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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...
Cousin german
A first cousin See Note under Cousin 1...
Cater cousin
A remote relation See Quater cousin...
Cousinly
Like or becoming a cousin...
kissing cousin
A cousin sufficiently well acquainted to be greeted with a kiss a type of kissing kin...
Quater cousin
A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred...
Cousinhood
The state or condition of a cousin also the collective body of cousins kinsfolk...
Cousinry
A body or collection of cousins the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons...
Cousinship
The relationship of cousins state of being cousins cousinhood...
devolve
devolve de·volved de·volv·ing [Medieval Latin devolvi, passive of devolvere to roll down, from Latin, from de down, away + volvere to roll] 1 : to pass by transfer or succession [the estate devolved to a distant cousin] 2 : to fall or be passed usually as an obligation or responsibility [in case of the removal of the President from office, or of his…inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall on the Vice President "U.S. Constitution art. II"] ...
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