Legal Definition and Related Resources of Akin
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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