Affinis
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
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.