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Possessio fratris

descent away from the brother of the half-blood to the sister of the whole-blood; thus, if a father had two sons,

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

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

should present jointly; and if co-parceners cannot agree, the eldest sister is entitled to the first turn, the second sister the

coparceners always must have claimed by descent (for if two sisters purchased an estate to hold to them and their heirs

The state or relation of being a sister the office or duty of a sister

of ones husband or wife also the husband of ones sister sometimes the husband of ones wifes sister

that murders or kills his or her own brother or sister or an individual (as a countryman) having a relationship like

Like a sister becoming a sister affectionate as sisterly kindness sisterly remorse

if any surviving, absolutely, if none, (v) For brothers and sisters of the whole blood of the intestate under the trusts,