Agnates

Afftiats, [Lat. affnaii.] In the law of descents. Relations by the father. These words are used in the Scotch law, and by some writers, as English words, corresponding with the Latin agnati, (q. v.) JSrsk. Inst. b.

1, tit. 7, § 4.

3 Gibbon's Rom, Emp. 175, 177, (Am. ed.) Agnates include the following relations: father, son, brother, daughter, sister, father's brother, brother's son, &c.

1 Kaufm. Mackeld. Civ. Law, 137, note.