Abpatruus

Dictionary: 
Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Lat. In the civil law. A great-great-grandfather's brother, (abavi frater.) Inst. 3, 6, 6; Dig. 38, 10, 3. Called patruus maximus. Id. 38, 10, 10, 17. Called, by Bracton and Fleto, abpatruus magnus. Bract. foL 68b; Fleto, lib. 6, c. 2, § 17.

Author: 
Henry Campbell Black, M.A.
Publisher: 
West Publishing Company
Year Published: 
1910
Genre: 
Law Dictionary