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Cognati
Cog`na´ti
| n. pl. | 1. | (Law) Relatives by the mother's side. |
Cognati
Cognati (Latin, literally “relatives”), in Roman law, persons who are legally recognized as relatives by blood on the mother’s side as well as blood relatives in general. In the late empire, they could be included as heirs along with agnates. Cognati
COGNATI, cognates. This term occurs frequently in the Roman civil law, and denotes collateral heirs through females. It is not used in the civil law as it now prevails in France. In the common law it has no technical sense, but as a word of discourse in English it signifies, generally, allied by blood, related in origin, of the same family. See Vicat, ad verb.; also, Biret'sVocabulaire. |