Sentence:  If it be a property, it is a new species, unknown to the civil law, the common law, and the statute law; there is no medium, it must be, if it goes to her <WSD>next</WSD> kin, because it is absolute property in her. There can be no distribution of personal  property ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Nearest in relationship. (next of kin).