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cosinage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkʌznɪd͡ʒ/
• /ˈkʌzɪnɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

A variant of cousinage.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
2. (countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation.
   • if the abatement happened upon the death of any collateral relation , other than those before-mentioned , the writ is called a writ of cosinage 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

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