consanguinity
71Dispensation — • An act whereby in a particular case a lawful superior grants relaxation from an existing law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dispensation Dispensation …
72Totemism — • Constitutes the group of superstitions and customs of which the totem is the center Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Totemism Totemism …
73Conflict of nullity laws — Conflict of laws Preliminiari …
74affinity — /afinatiy/ A close agreement; relation; spiritual relation or attraction held to exist between certain persons. State ex inf. Norman v. Ellis, 325 Mo. 154, 28 S.W.2d 363, 367. Relation which one spouse because of marriage has to blood relatives… …
75descent — Hereditary succession. Succession to the ownership of an estate by inheritance, or by any act of law, as distinguished from purchase. Title by descent is the title by which one person, upon the death of another, acquires the real estate of the… …
76affinity — /afinatiy/ A close agreement; relation; spiritual relation or attraction held to exist between certain persons. State ex inf. Norman v. Ellis, 325 Mo. 154, 28 S.W.2d 363, 367. Relation which one spouse because of marriage has to blood relatives… …
77descent — Hereditary succession. Succession to the ownership of an estate by inheritance, or by any act of law, as distinguished from purchase. Title by descent is the title by which one person, upon the death of another, acquires the real estate of the… …
78blood kinship — noun (anthropology) related by blood • Syn: ↑consanguinity, ↑cognation • Ant: ↑affinity (for: ↑consanguinity) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
79cognation — noun 1. line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family • Syn: ↑matrilineage, ↑enation • Hypernyms: ↑unilateral descent 2. (anthropology) related by blood • Syn: ↑ …
80INCEST — In the Biblical Period The idea of what constituted a prohibited degree of kinship for sexual relations seems to have broadened during the biblical period. Among the ancestors of Israel there occurred an unusual number of marriages that are… …
