next of kin

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Part of a mortuary technician's job involves preparing the deceased for viewings by the next of kin.
殮房技術(shù)員工作的一方面包括為死者的近親探視做好準(zhǔn)備。
Without the appropriate legal papers, your next of kin will attempt to make the decisions that you would want.
沒有適當(dāng)?shù)姆晌募愕挠H屬會(huì)嘗試著按你的意愿來做決定。
It is hard to say whether this would work. Like realwills, the next of kin may well contest the terms when the time comes.
很難判斷這樣做是不是有用，就像真的遺囑一樣，當(dāng)時(shí)間到了的時(shí)候其它親屬很可能對遺囑的內(nèi)容提出挑戰(zhàn)。

Legally, Russell and Taylor were still married, which made her the next of kin.
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Someone had already notified the next of kin, and the funeral-home people were on the way.
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Next of kin is sometimes used to refer to the person who is your closest relative, especially in official or legal documents.