Cognatio
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat. In the civil law.
Cognation.
Relationship, or kindred generally.
Dig. 38, 10, 4, 2; Inst 3, 6, pr.
Relationship through females, as distinguished from agnatio, or relationship through males. Agnatio a patre sit, cognatio a matre.
Inst 3, 5, 4.
See Agnatio. In canon law. Consanguinity, as distinguished from affinity.
4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 56-58.
Consanguinity, as including affinity.
Id.