Affines
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. Connections by marriage, whether of the persons or their relatives. Calvinus, Lex. From this word we have affinity, denoting relationship by marriage; 1 Bla. Com. 434. The singular, affinis, is used in a variety of related significations— a boundary; Du Cange; a partaker or sharer, affi)iis culpce (an aider or one who has knowledge of a crime); Calvinus, Lex.