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Whole Blood

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Being related by both the father and mother's side. This phrase is used in contradistinction to "half blood," which is relation only on one side. See "Blood."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

That of children who have both of their parents in common. Cf. Half blood.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Being related by both the father and mother’s side; this phrase is used in contradistinction to half blood, which is relation only on one side. See Blood.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

See Blood.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Blood compounded wholly of the same ingredients; blood derived from the same couple of ancestors; kinship by descent from the same pair of ancestors.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Kinship by descent from the tors. V. Half-blood, Possessiofratris.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The relation between two per.'ion.s descended from a pair of nearest common ancestors; as opposed to the relation of the half blood, in which there is but one nearest common ancestor, whether male or female. Kinsmen of the whole blood are they who are descended not only from the same ancestor, but from the same pair of ancestors. 'p Wi r^'x^uiA ' 97-1 )L i^

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

John Bouvier · 1839

See Blood.