Akin

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Meaning of Akin

In old English law. Of kin. “Next-a-kin.” 7 Mod. 140.

What does Akin mean in American Law?

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

Once meant “related by blood,” a meaning which survives in “kinfolk” and “kin of,” etc. But “akin” is today used more generally to mean “like” or “showing resemblance,” as in “He had manners akin to a hog’s.”

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Synonyms of Akin

(Related by blood), adjective

  • affiliated
  • connate
  • consanguine
  • consanguinean
  • consanguineous
  • consanguineus
  • fraternal
  • kindred
  • of the same stock

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