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Webster 1913 Edition

Cosinage

Cos′in-age

(k?s′’n-?j)
,
Noun.
[See
Cousinage
.]
(Law)
(a)
Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
Burrill.
(b)
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.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cosinage

COSINAGE

,
Noun.
[See Cousin.] In law, a writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered and abated, after the death of the tresail, or the grandfathers grandfather, or other collateral relation.

Definition 2024

cosinage

cosinage

English

Noun

cosinage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cosinages)

  1. Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
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  2. (law) 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.
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Etymology

See cousinage.

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