Brother-In-Law
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The brother of a wife, or the husband of a sister. There.is no relationship, in the former case, between the husband and the brotherin-law, nor in the latter, between the brother and the husband of the sister; there is only affinity between them. See Vaughan, 302, 329. 6RUARIUM, BRUERA, BRUERIA, or bruerum.
In old English law. A heath ground; ground where heath grows. Spelman; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 71, § 7; Id. lib. 2, c. 41, § 2; Id. lib. 4, c. 27, i 16. Bracton, fol. 229b, 231; Co. Litt. 4b; Reg. Orig. lb, 2.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The brother of a wife, or the husband of a sister. There is no relationship, in the former case, between the husband and the brother-in-law, nor in the latter, between the brother and the husband of the sister: there is only affinity between them. See Vaugh. 302, 329.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A wife's brother or a sister's husband. There is not any relationship, but only affinity, between broth. ers-in-law.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
domest. relat. The brother of a man’s wife, or the husband of a person’s sister. There is no relationship between these parties, there is a mere affinity.