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Agnates

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Agnati), in Roman law, persons related through males only, as opposed to cognates. Agnation was founded on the idea of the family held together by the patria potestas; cognatio involves simply the modern idea of kindred.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Agnates'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/agnates.html. 1910.
 
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