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A Cognatic society is a kinship term for a social organization under which (in contrast to uni-lineal descent) status is apportioned qually via either the kin of the mother or father.
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A Cognatic society is a kinship term for a social organization under which (in contrast to uni-lineal descent) status is apportioned qually via either the kin of the mother or father.