cosinage
noun/ˈkʌzɪnɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈkʌznɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology A variant of cousinage.
1
Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
2
Law Historical, Obsolete 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.
- if the abatement happened upon the death of any collateral relation , other than those before-mentioned , the writ is called a writ of cosinage1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC: