Agnates - Indian Laws - General

Agnates As per Black s Law Dictionary , 4th Edition AGNATES. In the law of descents, relations by the father, or on the father s side. This word is used in the Scotch law, and by some writers as an English word, corresponding with the Latin agnati, (q. v.) Ersk.Inst. b. 1, tit. 7, 4. AGNATI. In Roman law, the term included all the cognates who trace their connection exclusively through males.