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Cognation

noun
1.
Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family.  Synonyms: enation, matrilineage.
2.
(anthropology) related by blood.  Synonyms: blood kinship, consanguinity.





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... of any kind ordinarily extinguishes rights by agnation, for agnation is a title of civil law. Not every kind of loss of status, however, affects rights by cognation; because civil changes cannot affect rights annexed to a natural title to the same extent that they can affect those annexed to a ...
— The Institutes of Justinian • Caesar Flavius Justinian


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