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next of kin

 
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–noun
1. a person's nearest relative or relatives: The newspaper did not publish the names of casualties until the next of kin had been notified.
2. Law. the nearest relative or relatives who share in the estate of a person who dies intestate.
Origin:
1760–70
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next of kin  
n.   pl. next of kin

  1. The person or persons most closely related by blood to another person.

  2. Law

    1. The closest relative of a deceased person.

    2. (used with a pl. verb) The relative or relatives entitled to share in the personal property of one who dies intestate.

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Main Entry: next of kin
1 : one or more living persons in the nearest degree of relationship to a particular individual
2 : those persons entitled by statute to receive the property in an intestate's estate —compare HEIR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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