Bible Dictionaries
Cosinage
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
(2):
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cosinage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cosinage.html. 1828.