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- noun Plural form of
agnate .
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Under the old law, as we have seen, a son and a daughter had equal rights to intestate succession; but beyond the relationship of daughter to father or sister to brother women had no rights to intestate succession unless there were no agnates, that is, male relatives on the father's side.
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But whereas the masses lived in nuclear families, nobles and kings -- at first the same -- lived as elsewhere in large households including agnates of a clan genos.
Agrarian history -- the Weber edition Daniel Little 2009
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But whereas the masses lived in nuclear families, nobles and kings -- at first the same -- lived as elsewhere in large households including agnates of a clan genos.
Archive 2009-09-01 Daniel Little 2009
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The union of agnates is avoided as long as the connection can be traced between them, but on the mother's side all except first cousins may marry.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The mancipable (conveyable or movable) possessions of a woman who is under tutelage of [her] agnates [18] shall not be acquired rightfully by usucapion (long usage or long possession), save if these
The Twelve Tables Anonymous
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And how did the agnates of (Bhagiratha furnish the same)?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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It will take a long course of time for the ocean to resume its wonted state; the occasion will be furnished by the agnates of the great king Bhagiratha. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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And how did the agnates of (Bhagiratha furnish the same)?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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If a person be a spendthrift (_prodigus_), he shall be prohibited from [administering his own] goods and he shall be under the guardianship (_curatio_) of [his] agnates.
The Twelve Tables Anonymous
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To persons [21] for whom a guardian (_tutor_) shall not have been appointed by will (_testamentum_), to them [their] agnates shall be guardians.
The Twelve Tables Anonymous
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