next to kin

  • 51next — adj., adv. 1) (cannot stand alone) next to (there s a newsstand next to the hotel) 2) (misc.) next of kin; next inline * * * [nekst] next in line (misc.) next of kin (cannot stand alone) next to (there s a newsstand next to the hotel) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 52kin — noun (plural) 1 informal also kinfolk your family 2 next of kin formal your most closely related family: We ll have to notify the next of kin of his death. compare kindred 1 (1), see also: kith and kin …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 53kin — Synonyms and related words: agnate, ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, bracket, branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, category, character, clan, clansman, class, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, color, connections, consanguine …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 54next*/*/*/ — [nekst] grammar word summary: Next can be: ■ a determiner: I ll see you next week. ■ an adjective: I m leaving town on the next train. ■ a pronoun: You re the next in line. ■ an adverb: What happens next? ■ used in the preposition phrase next to …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 55kin — [[t]kɪ̱n[/t]] N PLURAL Your kin are your relatives. [DIALECT or OLD FASHIONED] → See also , next of kin She has gone to live with her husband s kin. Syn: relatives …

    English dictionary

  • 56kin — Relatives. Primarily, relatives by the tie of consanguinity or blood. State v Tucker, 174 Ind 715, 93 NE 3; Re Stoler, 293 Pa 433, 143 A 121, 59 ALR 1402. But including for the purposes of a statute respecting competency to testify as to a… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 57next — adj., adv., n., & prep. adj. 1 (often foll. by to) being or positioned or living nearest (in the next house; the chair next to the fire). 2 the nearest in order of time; the first or soonest encountered or considered (next Friday; ask the next… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 58Next friend — In common law, next friend (Law French prochein ami) is a phrase used to refer to a person who represents another person who is under disability or otherwise unable to maintain a suit on their own behalf and who does not have a legal guardian.… …

    Wikipedia

  • 59kin — UK [kɪn] / US noun [uncountable] formal all the people in your family • See: kith and kin, next of kin …

    English dictionary

  • 60next akin — See next of kin …

    Black's law dictionary