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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

The son or daughter of the brother or sister of one's father or mother. The issue, respectively, of two brothers, or two sisters, or of a brother and a sister. Those who descend from the brother or sister of the father of the person are called paternal cousins; maternal cousins are those who are descended from the brothers or sisters of the mother. The word is still applied in Devonshire to a nephew.

1 Ves. Jr. 142.