Natus

Born; already born; alive. Agnati. Persons related through a male as their father — ad eum nati. Cognati. Persons related through a woman as their mother. Anglicised "agnates" and "cognates." In Roman law, the agnate family consisted of such cognates (blood-relations) as could trace their lineage through males alone (father, grandfather, etc.) up to a common male ancestor, whose family-name they all bore, and to whose patria potestas they would have been subject had he lived to their time. But persons brought into a family by adoption became agnates; and those who passed out of it either by adoption or emancipation ceased to be agnates (though still cognates).* Ante natus. Born before; a child born before another person, or prior to a particular event. Post natus. Born after; afterborn. Nasciturus. Yet to be born; unborn.

Born. Used in connection ■with, or by way of distinction from, nasciturus (q. v.), to designate a child or childien of a particular marriage already born, as distinguished from those who may hereafter be born. Thus, real estate given to all the children, born and to be bom, is said to be given natis et nascituris. Used of descendants, generally, without restriction as to degree, the phrase nati et nascitwi includes all heirs, however remote.