Equal degree
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Persons are said to be related to a decedent "in equal degree" when they are all removed by an equal number of steps or degrees from the common ancestor.
Fidler v. Higgins, 21 N. J. Eq. 162; Helmes v. Elliott, 89 Tenn. 446, 14 S. W. 930, 10 In R. A. 535.