Cousin
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Fr. cosin; L. Lat. consanguineus.] A kinsman or blood relation. Applied in the old books to a brother, sister, or uncle. Litt. sect.
108, 123, 389. Co. Litt. 80 b, 81 b.
Cousin and heir, (abbreviated cous. et heir,) is an expression of frequent occurrence. Hubback's Evid. of Success.
686.
In Devonshire the word is still used to signify a nephew.
1 Vesey Jr. 78. Hubback, 427, note.