What is CONSANGUINITY? Definition of CONSANGUINITY in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
Kinship; blood relationship; the connection or relation of persons descended from the same stock or common ancestor. 2 Bl. Comm. 202; Rector v. Drury, 3 Pin. (Wis.) 298; Sweezey v. Willis, 1 Brad.Surr.R. (N.Y.) 495.
Consanguinity is distinguished from "affinity," which is the connection existing in consequence of a marriage, between each of the married persons and the kindred of the other. Sizemore v. Commonwealth, 210 Ky. 637, 276 S.W. 524, 525.
Lineal and Collateral Consanguinity
Lineal consanguinity is that which subsists between persons of whom one is descended in a direct line from the other, as between son, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and so upwards in the direct ascending line; or between son, grandson, great-grandson, and so downwards in the direct descending line. Collateral consanguinity is that which subsists between persons who have the same ancestors, but who do not descend (or ascend) one from the other. Thus, father and son are related by lineal consanguinity, uncle and nephew by collateral consanguinity. 2 Bl.Comm, 203; Capps v. State, 87 Fla. 388, 100 So. 172, 173.
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