Next-of-Kin in Europe
Definition of Next-of-Kin
Those who are next in degree of kindred to a deceased person, that is, are most closely related to him in the same degree. The degrees of kindred are reckoned according to the Roman law, both upwards to the ancestor and downwards to the issue, each generation counting for a degree. Thus, from father to eon is one degree, and from brother to brother is two degrees, namely, one upwards to the father and one downwards to the other son.
More commonly, the ” next-of-kin ” of a person who hafi died intestate signified those persons who were entitled to his personal property, after payment of his debts, under the Statute of Distribution (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 10), repealed by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925. See Intestate Succession
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