三さん親しん等とう

noun

third degree of kinship

Legal term for relatives up to the third degree of relationship under Japanese civil law, such as great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces.

• 民みん法ぽうでは、三さん親しん等とう以い内ないの親しん族ぞくが扶ふ養よう義ぎ務むを負おう場ば合あいがある。

  Under the Civil Code, relatives within the third degree of kinship may have a duty of support.