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Affinis

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Relative by marriage.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In the civil law. Adjacent or boi-dering marriage. Affinis mei affinis non est mihi lated by marriage to a person related to me affinity to me.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. One related mihi affinis: one marriage has no affinity

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from ad, at or near, and finis, a border; L. Fr. affin.'] Bordering, or adjacent; near; related by marriage. See Affines, Adfines. There is no single English word corresponding to this. Affinei, however, is sometimes used in translation. 1 1[aufm, Mackeld, Civ. Law, 141, §134, note. Id, 142, §.135. Aillais mei afllaU non est mllii afllniii* One who is related by marriage to a person related to me by marriage, has no affinity to me. Shelford Marr. dt Div. 174.