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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The sister of one's father or mother: she is a relation in the third degree. See 2 Cornyn, Dig. 474; Dane, Abr. c. 126, a. 3, §4.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The sister of one's father or mother, and a relation in the third degree, correlative to niece or nephew.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Ancestor; Consanguinitt.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

domestic relations, is the sister of one’s father or mother; she is a relation in the third degree. Vide 2 Com. Dig. 474; Dane’s Ab. c. 126, a. 3, § 4. ‘AUTER ACTION PENDENT, pleading, another action depending. - In cases where the plaintiff has commenced two actions for the same cause, the defendant may plead that there is another action depending for the same cause, in the same or any other court of competent jurisdiction. In general, the pendency of another action must be pleaded in abatement, but in a penal action at the suit of a common informer, the priority of a former suit for the same penalty in the name of a third person may be pleaded in bar, because the party who first sued is entitled to the penalty. 1 Ch. Plead. 443. Having once arrested a defendant, the plaintiff cannot, in general, arrest him Tidd, 184. Vide article Lis pendens.