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Agnatic

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Derived from or through males. 2 Bl. Comm. 236. Especially spoken of the children of a free father and slave mother. The rule in such cases was agnatio sequitur ventrem. Du Cange.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

[From agnati, q. v.] Derived from or through males. 2 Bl. Comm. 236

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Derived from or through a male.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

[From aegnatt, 9g. 0.] De

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[from Lat. agnati, q. v.] Derived from, or through males. 2 Bl. Com. 236.