等とう親しん

noun

degree of kinship

Legal term used in family law to indicate the proximity of a blood relationship, such as first degree (parent-child) or second degree (siblings).

• 民みん法ぽうでは、一いっ等とう親しんは親おや子こ、二に等とう親しんは兄きょう弟だい姉し妹まいと定さだめられている。

  Under the Civil Code, first-degree kinship is defined as parent and child, and second-degree kinship as siblings.

• 相そう続ぞくの順じゅん位いは、被ひ相そう続ぞく人にんとの等とう親しんの近ちかさによって決きまる。

  The order of inheritance is determined by the degree of kinship to the deceased.