三さん等とう親しん

noun

third degree of kinship

Legal term used in family law and inheritance contexts. Refers to relatives three steps away in the family tree, such as great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, uncles/aunts, nephews/nieces.

• 三さん等とう親しん以い内ないの親しん族ぞくは、法ほう律りつ上じょうの権けん利りや義ぎ務むを有ゆうする場ば合あいがある。

  Relatives within the third degree of kinship may have legal rights and obligations.

• 民みん法ぽうでは、三さん等とう親しんの範はん囲いが明めい確かくに定てい義ぎされている。

  The scope of the third degree of kinship is clearly defined in the Civil Code.