Agnation
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Agnates · Agnatic Relationship · agnatio · agnation · ius agnationis
spoken of as
1 expressionAgnatio“agnation”1 mention
Institutes of Roman Law (English)
itaque inter auunculum et sororis filium non agnatio est, sed cognatio.
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Institutes of Roman Law
Kinship traced through male ascendants, the civil-law basis for statutory guardianship rights.
itaque inter auunculum et sororis filium non agnatio est, sed cognatio.
Thus, between an uncle and his sister’s son there is not agnation, but cognation:
Nec solum maioribus 〈capitis〉 deminutionibus ius agnationis corrumpitur, sed etiam minima;
Ancient Law
The archaic Roman conception of kinship traced exclusively through males under a common paternal power.
The foundation of Agnation is not the marriage of Father and Mother, but the authority of the Father.
it is the relationship arising through common descent from the same pair of married persons, whether the descent be traced through males or females.
In Agnation too is to be sought the explanation of that extraordinary rule of English Law, only recently repealed, which prohibited brothers of the half-blood from succeeding to one another’s lands.