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Definition of Agnate

Agnate
Agnate Ag"nate, n. [Cf. F. agnat.] (Civil Law) A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.

Meaning of Agnate from wikipedia

- (3): 454–9. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.02.002. PMC 3591855. PMID 23453668. Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Agnates"....
- the Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, as well as the most senior agnate of the entire House of Wettin. Prince Michael was born in Bamberg, Bavaria...
- was an Austrian nobleman who was, at the time of his death, the senior agnate of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. Georg was born at Artstetten Castle in...
- which case, they are known as agnate siblings or paternal half-siblings. In law, the term consanguine is used in place of agnate).[citation needed] In law...
- going to an agnate of the predecessor – for example, a brother, a son, or nearest male relative through the male line, including collateral agnate branches...
- Diosdado, Spanish name meaning "God given" and agnate with Theodore, is the name of: Diosdado Macapagal (1910–1997), President of the Philippines from...
- patrilineal relationship, which meant the electing body and the eligibles were agnates with each other. The composition and the governance of the clan were built...
- property will be given to the deceased's agnates or relatives through male lineage. If there are no agnates or relatives through the male's lineage, then...
- succession rights to their male descendants (as according to the Salic law). An agnate is a kinsman with whom one has a common ancestor by descent in an unbroken...
- York, being the most powerful duke in the realm, and also being both an agnate and the heir general of Edward III (thus having, according to some, a better...