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 Fleta, abpatruus magnus. Bract. foL 686; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 2,
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 Fleta, abpatruus magnus. Bract. foL 686; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 2,