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- noun The state of being
consanguineous .
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Examples
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Goodridge does not eliminate current consanguinuity laws in MA, which already dictate that marriage to relatives is void.
Tolley, Part 3: Equal Treatment is not Enforced Approval 2004
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Hestia: “current consanguinuity laws in MA, which already dictate that marriage to relatives is void.”
Tolley, Part 3: Equal Treatment is not Enforced Approval 2004
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And de consanguinuity ob dis 'casion assuages me ob de fac' dat we'se only got our come-upance fo 'bein' so reckless.
On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Roy Rockwood
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Currently they only apply to opposite-sex marriage because that’s all that exists; if SSM were to be legalized, it would change the definition of marriage instead of adding a new “kind” of marriage, so the consanguinuity laws would cover it, too.
Tolley, Part 3: Equal Treatment is not Enforced Approval 2004
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