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Avunculus

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. [Gr. m^Q^^^^q>og, de Xos.'] In the civil law. A maternal uncle; a mother's brother.

Inst. 3. 6. 1. 2 Bl. Com. 230.

Avunculits magnus; a great uncle, a grandmother's brother, (aviof /rater.) Inst, 3.

6. 2.

Bract, fol.

68 b.