Affinity
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
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.