Lat. In the civil law. A great-great-grandmother’s brother (avavice frater). Inst. 3, 6, 6; Dig. 38, 10, 3; Calvinus, Lex. Called avunculus maximus.
Id. 38, 10, 10, 17. Called by Bracton and Fleta abavunculus magnus. Bract. fol. 68b; Fleta, lib. 6, c. 2, ยง