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consanguinity definition - legal

n

The relationship between people who share a common ancestor. See also degree, heir, and affinity.
collateral consanguinity
The relationship between people who share a common ancestor but are not ascended or descended from one another.
lineal consanguinity
. The relationship between people who are ascended or descended from one another.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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