Next Of Kin Definition

noun
A person's nearest relative or relatives.
Webster's New World
Those persons who may be entitled by statute to share in the estate of one who dies without a will.
Webster's New World
Sometimes, the nearest blood relative as defined by statute.
Webster's New World
The individual(s) of closest consanguinity to a decedent.
Webster's New World Law
Close friend, spouse, partner (for example on hospital admission form), loved one, one of someone's close ones.
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Next Of Kin Sentence Examples

  • I was just going to call you for a next of kin name.

  • This originated a deadly feud between the leaders of the opposite parties, for Joab, as next of kin to Asahel, was by the law and custom of the country the avenger of his blood.

  • Thus, a testator having left money to be applied in building a church in a particular parish, and that having been found to be impossible, the fund will not be applied cy-pres, but will go to the next of kin.

  • Failing all these, the estate goes to the next of kin.

  • The amount was recoverable as a debt from the criminal to the extent of his property, and in his default from the members of his fine in sums determined by the degree of relationship; and it was distributable among the members of the fine of a murdered person in the same proportions, like a distribution among the next of kin.

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