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of Edinburgh, Session 1880-81. 
individuals of tlie term may be male or female, and the origin of 
the term may be male or female.. Thus the word cousin , restricted 
to mean having one or more common ancestors two generations back 
on either side, may have any one of 48 significations when it ex- 
presses a relationship between two persons each of given sex ; and 
when the sex of neither is given it may have any one of 192 
significations. 
The method of this paper gives us a scientific classification of a 
man’s feminine relations, which is of special interest at the present 
time, when the laws of marriage are under consideration. He is 
excluded by the table of degrees from marrying any one belonging 
to the classes marked with an asterisk. 
Order 
I. Gen. 1, Daughter*; 2, Mother*. 
II. ,, 1, Granddaughter; 2, Sister*; 3, Wife; 4, Grandmother*. 
III. ,, 1 , Great-granddaughter* ; 2, Niece* ; 3, Stepdaughter*; 4. Aunt 
(by consanguinity*); 3, Wife of son*; 6, Stepmother*; 7, 
Mother of wife* ; 8, Great-grandmother. 
IV. ,, 1, Great-great-granddaughter; 2, Great-granddaughter of parent; 
3, Daughter of step-child* ; 4, Cousin ; 5, Daughter of cliild- 
in-law; 6, Daughter of step-parent; 7, Sister of wife*; 8, 
Daughter of great-grandparent; 9, Wife of grandson*; 10, 
Wife of brother*; 11, (Necessarily masculine); 12, Step- 
grandmother* ; 13, Grandmother of grandchild ; 14, Mother 
of step-parent; 15, Grandmother of wife*; 16, Great-great- 
grandmother. 
V. ,, 1. Great-great-great-granddaughter; 2, Granddaughter of nephew 
or niece ; 3, Great-granddaughter of wife ; 4, Daughter of 
cousin ; 5, Granddaughter of consort of child ; 6, Grand- 
daughter of consort of parent ; 7, Niece of wife* ; 8, Niece of 
grandparent ; 9, Daughter of consort of grandchild ; 10, 
Daughter of consort of brother or sister ; 11, Daughter of 
husband of wife ; 12, Daughter of consort of grandparent ; 
13, Sister of consort of child ; 14, Sister of consort of parent ; 
15, Aunt of wife*; 16, Aunt of grandparent; 17, Wife of 
great-grandson ; 18, Wife of nephew* ; 19, Wife of stepson ; 
20, Wife of uncle* ; 21, Wife of husband of daughter ; 22, 
Wife of husband of mother ; 23, Wife of father of wife ; 24, 
Wife of great-grandfather ; 25, Mother of consort of grand- 
child ; 26, Mother of consort of brother or sister ; 27, Mother 
of husband of wife ; 28, Mother of consort of grandparent ; 
29, Grandmother of consort of child ; 30, Grandmother of 
consort of parent ; 31, Great-grandmother of wife ; 32, Great- 
great-great-grandmother. 
I have to express my obligations to Professor Jevons’ “ Principles 
