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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Relationship; stock; family.

1 Rop. Leg. 103; 1 Belt, Supp. Ves. 365. Kindred.

Bac. Max. reg.

18.

Brothers and sisters are said to be of the whole blood if they have the same father and mother, and of the half-blood if they have only one parent in common.

5 Whart. (Pa.) 477.