Affinity

The connection existing, in consequence of marriage, between each of the married persons and the kindred of the other. The relation contracted on marriage between a husband and his wife's kindred, and between the wife and her husband's kindred, as distinguished from consanguinity or relationship by blood. 1 Denio (N. Y.) 25. The relations of the wife, her brothers, her sisters, her uncles, are allied to the husband by affinity; and his brothers, sisters, etc., are allied in the same way to the wife. 1 Denio (N. Y.) 186. But the brother and the sister of the wife are not allied by the ties of affinity. 2 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 331. AFFIRM (Lat. afflrmwre, to make firm; to establish). Especially used of confirmations of the judgrments of an inferior by an appellate tribunal. To ratify or confirm a voidable act of the party. To make a solemn religious asseveration in the nature of an oath. See "Affirmation."

The connection existing, In other. Solinger v. Earle, 45 N. Y. Super. Ct. 84. It is distinguished from consanguinity, which denotes relationship by blood. Affinity is the tie which exists between one of the spouses with the kindred of the other: thus, the relations of my wife, her brothers, her sisters, her uncles, are allied to me by affinity, and my brothers, sisters, etc., are allied in the same way to my wife. But my brother and the sister of my wife are not allied by the ties of affinity. A person cannot, by legal succession, receive an inheritance from a relation by affinity; neither does it extend to the nearest relations of husband and wife, so as to create a mutual relation between them. The degrees of affinity are computed in the same way as those of consanguinity. See 1 Bla. Com. 435; Pothier, Traite1 du Mar. pt. 3, c. 3, art. 2; Inst. 1, 10, 6; Dig. 38, 10, 4, 3; 1 Phill. Eccl. 210; Poydras v. Livingston, 5 Mart. O. S. (La.) 296. AFFIRM (Lat. aflirmare, to make firm; to establish). To ratify or confirm a former law or judgment. Cowell. Especially used of confirmations of the judgments of an inferior by an appellate tribunal. To ratify or confirm a voidable act of the party. To make a solemn religious asseveration in the nature of an oath. See Affirmation.

At common law. Relationship by marriage between the husband and the blood relations of the wife, and between the wife and the blood relations of the husband. 1 Bl. Comm. 434; Solinger v. Earle, 45 N. Y. Super. Ct. 80; Tegarden v. Phillips (Ind. App.) 39 N. E. 212. Affinity is distinguished into three kinds:
(1) Direct, or that subsisting between the husband and his wife's relations by blood, or between the wife and the husband's relations by blood ;
(2) secondary, or that which subsists between the husband and his wife's relations by marriage ,
(3) collateral, or that which subsists between the husband and the relations of his wife's relations. Wharton.

In the civil law. The connection which arises by marriage between each person of the married pair and the kindred of the other. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 147; Poy-dras v. Livingston, 5 Mart. O. S. (La.) 295. A husband is related by affinity to all the consanguinei of his wife, and vice versa, the wife to the husband's consanguinei; for the husband and wife being considered one flesh, those who are related to the one by blood are related to the other by affinity. Gib. Cod. 412; 1 Bl. Comm. 435.

In a larger sense, consanguinity or kindred. Co. Litt. 157a.

— Quasi affinity. In the civil law. The affinity which exists between two persons, one of whom has been betrothed to a kinsman of the other, but who have never been married;

Relation by marriage; the relationship by the husband or the wife and the blood relations larger sense, kinship or consanguinity.

Relationship by marriage between the husband and the blood relations of the wife, and between the wife and the blood relations of the husband. 1 Bl. Comm. 434. Affinity is distinguished into three kinds: (1) Direct, or that subsisting between the husband and his wife's relations by blood, or between the wife and the husband's relations by blood; (2) secondary, or that which subsists between the husband and his wife's relations by marriage; (3) collateral, or that which subsists between the husband and the relations of his wife's relations. Wharton. The connection which arises by marriage between each person of the married pair and the kindred of the other. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 147. A husband is related by affinity to all the consanguinei of his wife, and vice versa, the wife to the husband's consanguinei; for the husband and wife being considered one flesh, those who are related to the one by blood are related to the other by affinity. Gib. Cod. 412; 1 Bl. Comm. 435.

In a larger sense, consanguinity or kindred. Co. Litt. 157a. Affinity means the tie which arises from the marriage between the husband and the blood relations of the wife, and between the wife and the blood relations of the husband. 45 N. Y. Super. Ct. 84.

Relation by marriage. See Affinitas. The tie which arises from marriage between the husband and the blood relations of the wife, and between the wife and the blood relations of the husband.^ Opposed, consanguinity. There is no affinity between the blood relations of the husband and of the wife.' See Consanguinity; Relation, 3.

[Lat. affinitas, q. v.] Alliance, nearness or relation by marriage. Co. Litt. 157 a. 1 Bl. Com. 434. The relationship which marriage occasions between the husband and the blood relations of the wife, and between the wife and the blood relations of the husband. Tomlins. Holthouse. The connexion which arises by marriage between each person of the married pair and the kindred of the other. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 141, § 134. A husband is related by affinity to all the consanguinei of his wife, and vice versa, the wife to the husband's consanguinei; for the husband and wife being considered one flesh, those who are related to the one by blood are related to the other by affinity. Gibs. Cod. 412. 1 Chitt. Bl. Com. 435, note. Jewett, J., 1 Denio, 186, 187.

In a larger sense, consanguinity or kindred. Co. Litt. 157 a.

isa connexion formed by marriage which places the husband in the same degree of] nominal propinquity to the relations of the wife, as that in which she herself stands towards them, and gives to the wife the same reciprocal connexion with the relations of the husband. It is used in contradistinction to consanguinity, (q. v-) It is no real kindred. A person cannot, by legal succession, receive an inheritance from a relation by affinity; neither does it extend to the nearest relations of husband and wife, so as to create a mutual relation between them. The degrees of affinity are computed in the same way as those of consanguinity. See Pothier, Traité du Mariage, part 3, ch. 3, art. 2; and see article Marriage.