consanguinity

• They too have been deaf to the voice of justice ; of consanguinity, and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have, by their free election, re-established them in power. —  Autobiography - Thomas Jefferson
• Consanguineous marriages were defined as those up to the third degree of consanguinity (second cousins). —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
• Another certain home breaking implication of this Act is that as consanguinity is a necessary aspect of marriage, and as matter of fact a ground for separation under the marriage laws, one of the provisions of this Act bars the husbands from even asking, leave apart pressurizing, their wives for sex. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
• It would require someone who is related to the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to a member of the news media to fill out a disclosure form prior to applying for a city contract. —  Newspaper Tree
• If 95 per cent, of the deaf and dumb had non_-consanguineous parents, how could one say that even in the other five per cent, the consanguinity was the cause? —  Woman Her Sex and Love Life

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