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First Cousin

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A person's first cousin is the child of his uncle or aunt; and only persons standing in that relationship to him will take under a gift to his "first cousins;" first cousins once removed will not be comprised, 8 L. J. Ch. 18; 25 L. J. Ch. 116; unless there be no first cousins properly so called. 1 Jarm. 153.