Relations by blood. 2. Nature has divided the kindred of every one into three principal classes. 1. His children, and their descendants. 2. His father, mother, and other ascendants. 3. His collateral relations; which include, in the first place, his brothers and sisters, and their descendants and, secondly, his uncles, cousins, and other relations of either sex, who have not … [Read more...] about KINDRED
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KIPPER-TIME
In old English law. The space of time between the 3d of May and the Epiphany, in which fishing for salmon in the Thames, between Gravesend and Henley-on-Thames, was forbidden. Rot Pari. 50 Edw. III. … [Read more...] about KIPPER-TIME
KAIAGE, OR KAIAGIUM
A wharfage-due." … [Read more...] about KAIAGE, OR KAIAGIUM
KEELHALE, KEELHAUL
To drag a person under the keel of a ship by means of ropes from the yard-arms, a punishment formerly practiced in the British navy. Enc. Lond. … [Read more...] about KEELHALE, KEELHAUL
KEYAGE
A toll paid for loading and unloading merchandise at a key or wharf. … [Read more...] about KEYAGE