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The prohibition does not extend to cognatic relationship, but a man must not marry into the family of his paternal aunt.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

The family of the ius civile is the agnatic family; the family of the ius gentium is the cognatic family.

From The Twelve Tables by Anonymous

The most elementary of these groups is the maegth, the association of agnatic and cognatic relations.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various