What is ATAVUS? Definition of ATAVUS in Black's Law Dictionary
The male ascendant in the fifth degree. The great-grandfather's or great-grandmother's grandfather; a fourth grandfather.
The ascending line of lineal ancestry runs thus: Pater, Avus, Proavus, Abavus, Atavus, Tritavus. The seventh generation in the ascending scale will be Tritavi-pater, and the next above it Proavi-atavus.
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