Definition for COS'IN-AGE

COS'IN-AGE, n. [s as z. Fr. cousinage, kindred. See Cousin.]

In law, a writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered and abated, after the death of the tresail, or the grandfather's grandfather, or other collateral relation. – Blackstone.

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