Agnates
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. Relations on the father's side.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Scotch Law. Relations on the father's side. See Agnati.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
agnats. Belations upon the side of the father.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the law of descents. Relations by the father. This word is used in the Scotch law, and by some writers as an English word, corresponding with the Latin agnatt, (q.v.) Ersk. Inst, b. 1, tit. 7, § 4.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Agnati, I. Agnates; relatives by the father's side.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Afftiats, [Lat. affnaii.] In the law of descents. Relations by the father. These words are used in the Scotch law, and by some writers, as English words, corresponding with the Latin agnati, (q. v.) JSrsk. Inst. b. 1, tit. 7, § 4. 3 Gibbon's Rom, Emp. 175, 177, (Am. ed.) Agnates include the following relations: father, son, brother, daughter, sister, father's brother, brother's son, &c. 1 Kaufm. Mackeld. Civ. Law, 137, note.