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Webster 1913 Edition

Consanguinity

Conˊsan-guin′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
consanguinitas
: cf. F.
consanguintité
.]
The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship;
as, lineal
consanguinity
; collateral
consanguinity
.
Invoking aid by the ties of
consanguinity
.
Prescott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Consanguinity

CONSANGUINITY

,
Noun.
[L., blood.] The relation of persons by blood; the relation or connection of persons descended from the same stock or common ancestor, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage. It is lineal or collateral.

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