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blood — I noun affinity, agnation, ancestry, breed, brethren, brood, children, clan, cognation, common ancestry, consanguinity, derivation, descent, ethnic group, extraction, family connection, family relationship, family tie, family tree, filiation,… … Law dictionary
blood relatives — See relatives by blood … Ballentine's law dictionary
blood kin — See relatives by blood … Ballentine's law dictionary
blood relationship — See relatives by blood … Ballentine's law dictionary
Blood guilt — or kin liability is the attribution of responsibility for the alleged transgressions of one s relatives, kin, somewhat related to guilt by association, which is determined by physical or communicative proximity rather than genetic or familial… … Wikipedia
Blood is thicker than water — is a German proverb (originally: Blut ist dicker als Wasser. ), which is also common in English speaking countries. It generally means that the bonds of family and common ancestry are stronger than those bonds between unrelated people (such as… … Wikipedia
blood relatives — index kindred, lineage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
blood money — blood′ mon ey n. 1) a fee paid to a hired murderer 2) compensation paid to the next of kin of a slain person by the slayer or the slayer s relatives 3) money obtained at a cost of suffering to others … From formal English to slang
BLOOD-AVENGER — A person who is authorized by law, or who is duty bound, to kill a murderer is called go el ha dam – usually translated as an avenger of blood, but more accurately to be rendered as a redeemer of blood (cf. Lev. 25:25; Ruth 3:12; I Kings 16:11).… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
blood bank — 1. a place where blood or blood plasma is collected, processed, stored, and distributed. 2. such a supply of blood or blood plasma. [1935 40] * * * Organization that collects, stores, processes, and supplies blood. Most blood donations are… … Universalium
