Affinage
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Refining metal; hence "fine" and "refined." Blount AFFINES (Lat. finis).
In civil law
Connections by marriage, whether of the persons or their relatives. Calv. Lex. From this word we have affinity, denoting relationship by marriage.
1 Bl. Conmi. 434.
The singular, afflnis, is used in a variety of related significations, — a boundary (Du Cange; a partaker or sharer, affinis culpae (an aider or one who has faiowledge of a crime (Calv. Lex.).
AFFINIS MEI AFFINIS NON EST MIHI affinis
A connection (t. e., by marriage) of my connection is not a connection of mine.
Shelf. Mar. & Div. 174.