Legal Definition and Related Resources of Next of kin
Meaning of Next of kin
The next of kin of a deceased person are his nearest blood relatives. It has been held that the next of kin included all blood relatives who took under the statute of distribution (28 How. Pr. [N. Y.] 417) ; but the more modern holding is that it includes only the nearest in blood, excluding some who may be within the statute (150 Mass. 225). It includes relatives of the half blood. The term does not include a surviving husband or wife, they not being related by blood. 113 Mass. 431; 44 111. 446; 69 N. Y. 36.
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