Cognates

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In civil and Scotch law. Relations through females. 1 Mackeld. Civ. ^ Law, 137; Bell, Diet.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Maternal relatives. See 2 Bl. Comm. 235.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

(Lat. cognati.) Relations by the mother's side or by females. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 144. A common term in Scotch law. Ersk. Inst. 1, 7, 4.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Relations by the mother's side, or by

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

(Lat.cognati.) Relations by the mother’s side, or by females, Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 144. A common term in Scoteh law. Ersk. Inst. 1, 7, 4.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[Lat. cognati.] Relations by the mother's side, or by females. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 137, note. A common term in Scotch law. Ersk. Inst. b. 1, tit. 7, § 4.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

A term used in the civil law to signify those persons who are connected together by the ties of kindred; but sometimes it means those who are related to others on the side of women.