In the civil law. Chil-dren by a former marriage, (indlvidualiy called “privigni," or “privign#,") consider-ed relatively to each other. Thus, the son of a husband by a former wife, and the daughter of a wife by a former husband, are the comprivigni of each other. Inst. 1, 10,8
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
