Cosinage

//ˈkʌzɪnɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation. countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable

    "if the abatement happened upon the death of any collateral relation , other than those before-mentioned , the writ is called a writ of cosinage"

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"if the abatement happened upon the death of any collateral relation , other than those before-mentioned , the writ is called a writ of cosinage"

Etymology

A variant of cousinage.

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