Affinity (law)
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In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity, as distinguished from consanguinity, is kinship by marriage. It is the relation which each party to a marriage bears to the kindred of the other. It is usually signified by adding "-in-law" to their degree of kinship.
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- See Affinity (In the Bible) an article from the Catholic Encyclopedia
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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