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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
kindred. This term is’ of very extensive import, in its most enlarged signification, and includes all persons who have descended from acomrmon ancestor. 17 Ves. 481; 19 Ves. 547; 3 Ves. 257; 1 Rop. Leg. 88; and see Wilmot’s Notes, 314, 321. But when this word i is used ina will, in order to give effect to the testator’s intention it will be construed in a more restricted sense than its legal import conveys.
7 Ves. 522; 19 Ves. 73; 1 Rop. Leg. 90. Vide 2 Bac. Ab. 228; 8 Com. Dig. 473.