- incestuous marriage
- A marriage between persons forbidden by law to intermarry, because they are related to one another in a certain degree. 35 Am J1st Marr § 140.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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