AGNATES

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AGNATES


AGNATES. In the sense of the Roman law were those whose propinquity was connected by males only; in the relation of cognates, one or more femaleswere interposed. 2. By the Scotch law, agnates are all those who are related by thefather, even though females intervene; cognates are those who are related bythe mother. Ersk. L. Scot. B. 1, t. 7, s. 4.

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