cosinage

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English

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Etymology

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A variant of cousinage.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌzɪnɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈkʌznɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

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cosinage (countable and uncountable, plural cosinages)

  1. Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
  2. (law, historical or 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.

References

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  • Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850) “COSINAGE”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: [], volume I, New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, [], →OCLC, page 290, column 1.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cosinage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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cosinage

  1. Alternative form of cosynage