Legal Definition and Related Resources of Blood

Kindred, consanguinity ; family relationship; relationship by descent from a common ancestor .

Relationship; stock; family. 1 Rop. Leg. 103; 1 Belt, Supp. Ves. 365. Kindred. Bac. Max. reg. 18. Brothers and sisters are said to be of the whole blood if they have the same father and mother, and of the half-blood if they have only one parent in common. 5 Whart. (Pa.) 477.

noun

• affinity
• agnation
• ancestry
• breed
• brethren
• brood
• children
• clan
• cognation
• common ancestry
• consanguinity
• derivation
• descent
• ethnic group
• extraction
• family connection
• family relationship
• family tie
• family tree
• filiation
• genealogical tree
• genealogy
• gentility
• genus
• heredity; heritage
• issue
• kind
• kindred
• kinsfolk
• kinship
• kinsman
• kinsmen
• kinswoman
• line
• lineage
• nationality
• next of kin
• offspring
• one”s people
• parentage
• pedigree
• propinquity
• relations
• sanguis
• stock
• strain
• ties of family
• tribe
• Associated Concepts: blood heirs
• blood issue
• bipod relatives
• full blood
• half blood
• mixed blood foreign phrases: Consanguineus est quasi eodem sanguine natus
• A person related by consanguinity is
• as it were
• one born from the same blood
• Pueri sunt de sanguineparentum
• sedpater et mater non suntde sanguine uerorum
• Children are of the blood of their parents
• ut the father and mother are not of the blood of their children

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What does Blood mean in American Law?

The definition of Blood in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Both the complex liquid which flows within the bodies of many animals and, metaphorically, shared genetic inheritance. See also consanguinity. See also entries beginning with “blood,” e.g., blood brother, and those containing the word, e.g., half blood.

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Blood specimen in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of blood specimen.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• blood specimen in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
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Blood relationship in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of blood relationship.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• blood relationship in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• blood relationship in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Blood test in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of blood test.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

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• blood test in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• blood test in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis