cosinage

/ˈkʌzɪnɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

A variant of cousinage.

cosinage means Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation.“if the abatement happened upon the death of any collateral relation , other than those before-mentioned , the writ is called a writ of cosinage”