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Definition of Consanguinity

1. Noun. (anthropology) related by blood.

Definition of Consanguinity

1. n. The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity.

Definition of Consanguinity

1. Noun. A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship. ¹

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Definition of Consanguinity

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Consanguinity

1. A relationship that share a common bloodline, descent from a common ancestor. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consanguinity

Literary usage of Consanguinity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Church Law on Matrimony by Joseph Julius Charles Petrovits, Catholic Church (1919)
"Impediment of Consanguinity. (Canon 1076.) 1. Preliminary Notions about Consanguinity. 321. Consanguinity or blood-relationship is a natural bond, ..."

2. The Legal Rights, Liabilities and Duties of Women: With an Introductory by Edward Deering Mansfield (1845)
"What Consanguinity is. exists between the father, son, grand-son, ... (89) The steps in this consanguinity are called degrees, and are counted by the number ..."

3. Elementary Law by William Callyhan Robinson (1882)
"Of Consanguinity. The descent of estates is governed by rules growing out ... Consanguinity is the connection or relation of persons who are descended from ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"Thus, brothers are in the second degree of consanguinity ; uncle and nephew in the third ... By the canon law, consanguinity in the equal oblique line, ie, ..."

5. Inductive Sociology: A Syllabus of Methods, Analyses and Classifications by Franklin Henry Giddings (1901)
"Consanguinity is that narrowest degree of kinship which includes those ... DISTRIBUTION OP Consanguinity A 1. To how Many Other Enumeration Units related. ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on Abstracts and Examinations of Title to Real Property by George William Warvelle (1921)
"Consanguinity. The relation subsisting among all the different persons descending from the same stock or common ancestor, is called consanguinity, ..."

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