relative
Defined in 4 places across 4 titles of the United States Code.
“relative” means individual related by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree as determined by the common law, or individual in a step or adoptive relationship within such third degree;
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- 1994–200511 U.S.C. § 101Bankruptcy · Definitions · in this title
Relative.—The term "relative" means an individual who is related to the reporting individual, as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, or who is the grandfather or grandmother of the spouse of the reporting individual, and shall be deemed to include the fiance or fiancee of the reporting individual.
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- 2022–20265 U.S.C. § 13101Government Organization and Employees · Definitions · in this subchapter
The term “relative” means a spouse, ancestor, lineal descendant, or spouse of a lineal descendant.
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- 1994–present29 U.S.C. § 1002Labor · Definitions · for purposes of this subchapter
The term “relative” means an individual who is related to the reporting individual, as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, or who is the grandfather or grandmother of the spouse of the reporting individual, and shall be deemed to include the fiance or fiancee of the reporting individual.
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- 2026–present5 U.S.C. § 13101Government Organization and Employees · Definitions · in this subchapter
The term “relative” means individual related by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree as determined by the common law, or individual in a step or adoptive relationship within such third degree.
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- 2005–present11 U.S.C. § 101Bankruptcy · Definitions · in this title
the term “relative” shall mean a spouse, child (including stepchild, adopted child or child as to whom the prisoner, though not a natural parent, has acted in the place of a parent), parent (including a person who, though not a natural parent, has acted in the place of a parent), brother, or sister.
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- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 4082Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Commitment to Attorney General; residential treatment centers; extension of limits of confinement; work furlough · as used in this section