Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Consanguinity

n. The relationship of persons of the same blood or origin. - consanguineous, adj. See prohibitod degree under DEGREE. Cf. AFFINITY.

collateral consanguinity

See CONSANGUINITY.

lineal consanguinity

The relationship between persons who are directly descended or a:,cended from one another (for example,mother and daughter, great-grandfather and ez-andson, etc.).