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Cousin |
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COUSIN, domest. rel. Cousins are kindred who are the issue of two brothers or two sisters, or of a brother and a sister. Those who descend from the brother or sister of the father of the person spoken of are called paternal cousins; maternal cousins are those who are descended from the brothers or sisters of the mother. Vide 2 Bro. C. C. 125; 1 Sim. & Stu. 301; 3 Russ. C. C. 140; 9 Sim. R. 386, 457. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Now, in racetrack society, being the owner of the sire of the second choice in a big race is like being the second cousin once removed to the father of the bride at a big wedding. Now she'll have no excuse for not knowing how to locate your second cousin once removed divorced but remarried within the family to the younger sister with the fraternal twins. |
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