COUSINAGE
" the state, condition, or fact of being a cousin; kinship, consanguinity.
in extended and figurative use: affinity, similarity, relatedness. compare ""cousin"". rare after 16th century.
a body of cousins or relatives; an extended family group.
a right to land based on one's status as next of kin. chiefly in ""writ of cosinage"" (occasionally also ""writ of cousinage""): an action by a party based on the seisin of a person to whom that party is next of kin, for the recovery of land of which that party had been dispossessed. compare ""cousin"".
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in extended and figurative use: affinity, similarity, relatedness. compare ""cousin"". rare after 16th century.
a body of cousins or relatives; an extended family group.
a right to land based on one's status as next of kin. chiefly in ""writ of cosinage"" (occasionally also ""writ of cousinage""): an action by a party based on the seisin of a person to whom that party is next of kin, for the recovery of land of which that party had been dispossessed. compare ""cousin"".
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