The third degree includes, first the great-grandfather and
the great-grandmother; second, the great-grandson and the
great-granddaughter; in the collateral line, the son and the daughter
of the brother and the sister; the paternal uncle and the paternal
aunt, that is to say, the brother and the sister of the father; and the
maternal uncle and the maternal aunt, that is to say, the brother and
sister of the mother.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=IV. The Consanguinity of the Fourth Degree.=
In the fourth degree come first the great-great-grandfather and
the great-great-grandmother, and then the son and daughter of
a great-grandchild; in the collateral line, the grandson and
granddaughter of the brother and the sister; then the cousins of both
sexes, the sons and daughters of the paternal uncle, and the children
of the maternal uncle and aunt; then other cousins, the children of
the father’s sister; and also cousins who are born of two sisters;
and besides, the great-uncle and the great-aunt by the father’s side;
then the great-uncle and great-aunt by the mother’s side. There is no
necessity of explaining this any further than is here stated.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=V. The Origin of the Fifth Degree.=
The fifth degree includes, in the first place, the
great-great-great-grandfather and the great-great-great-grandmother;
secondly, the great-great-great-grandson and the
great-great-great-granddaughter, and, in the collateral line, the
greatgrandsons and great-granddaughters of brothers and sisters;
male and female cousins by the father’s side, the sons and daughters
of cousins by the father’s side, and the children of great-uncles and
aunts on both father’s and mother’s side. Next come the brothers and
sisters of the paternal great-grandfather and the brothers and sisters
of the maternal great-grandfather. The above-mentioned degrees of
relationship we cannot define by other means, or in other words, than
those in which they are here set forth.
=ANCIENT LAW.=
=VI. The Limits of the Sixth Degree.=
To the sixth degree belong, first, the
great-great-great-great-grandfather and the
great-great-great-great-grandmother; then
the great-great-great-great-grandson and the
great-great-great-great-granddaughter; next, in the collateral line,
the son and the daughter of a great-grandchild of the sister; the
sons of a father’s brother and the sons of a father’s sister; cousins
on both sides of the house; paternal and maternal great-aunts,
and the grandsons and granddaughters of paternal great-uncles and
maternal great-aunts. To whom are added, in the collateral line, the
children of the great-uncles and the great-aunts of both father and
mother; that is to say, of the brother and the sister of the paternal
great-great-grandfather, and of the brother and sister of the maternal
great-great-grandmother. No better explanation of this matter can be
given than we have written above.
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