{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-51-4","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 51-4","heading":"Prohibited degrees of kinship.","body":"When the degree of kinship is estimated with a view to ascertain the right of kinspeople to marry, the half-blood shall be counted as the whole-blood: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to invalidate any marriage heretofore contracted in case where by counting the half-blood as the whole-blood the persons contracting such marriage would be nearer of kin than first cousins; but in every such case the kinship shall be ascertained by counting relations of the half-blood as being only half so near kin as those of the same degree of the whole-blood (1879, c. 78; Code, s. 1811; Rev., s. 2084; C.S., s. 2496.)","path":["Chapter 51. Marriage.","Article 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_51/GS_51-4.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:04:47Z","sha256":"66c17a09c586a7be8bf3d003ff312e306d8c7bbaededee16e680d38160e681aa","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-51-3.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-51-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}