Lat. In the civil law. A great-great-grandfather's brother, (abavi frater.) Inst. 3, 6, 6; Dig. 38, 10, 3. Called patruus maximus. Id. 38, 10, 10, 17. Called, by Bracton and Fleto, abpatruus magnus. Bract. foL 68b; Fleto, lib. 6, c. 2, ยง 17.
Definition of Abpatruus
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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition