Definition of Grandnieces

1. Noun. (plural of grandniece) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grandnieces

1. grandniece [n] - See also: grandniece

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandnieces

grandmother-in-law
grandmotherhood
grandmothering
grandmotherless
grandmotherly
grandmothers
grandmothers-in-law
grandmum
grandmummies
grandmums
grandnephew
grandnephews
grandness
grandnesses
grandniece
grandnieces (current term)
grandog
grandpa
grandpapa
grandpapas
grandpappies
grandparent
grandparental
grandparenthood
grandparents
grandpas
grandpaternal
grandpaternity
grandreefite
grands

Literary usage of Grandnieces

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Lord Chancellor, and the Court by John Peter De Gex, Steuart Macnaghten, Alexander Gordon, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1872)
"... and that under the bequests to " each of the present nieces of Peter Eaton," his grandnieces and great-grandnieces were entitled to take. ..."

2. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1864)
"... as being the only issue of all the surviving grandnephews and grandnieces. Colonel Macdougall claims to be preferred on the fund in media, ..."

3. Reports of Cases by New York (State). Court of Appeals (1907)
"188. surrounding circumstances, to include grandnephews aud grandnieces who represented the families of deceased nephews and nieces under the term ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer: With a by Francis Stack Murphy, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1838)
"In the month of September, 1779, Catherine Stephens died, without having revoked her will, leaving her grandnieces, Catherine Jones and Elizabeth Jones ..."

5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1917)
"30, where a testator directed: "The balance is to be divided among my grandnephews and grandnieces (descendants of my brothers and sisters except Daniel ..."

6. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1891)
"Grandnephews and grandnieces held to be included under the term "nephews and nieces" in a will. Shepard ir. Shepard, 57 Conn. 24- of every description ..."

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