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Affinity (in Canon Law) — Affinity (in Canon Law) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Affinity (in Canon Law) A relationship arising from the carnal intercourse of a man and a woman, sufficient for the generation of children, whereby the man becomes related to the woman … Catholic encyclopedia
affinity — af·fin·i·ty /ə fi nə tē/ n pl ties: relationship by marriage compare consanguinity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Affinity \(in Canon Law\) — • A relationship arising from the carnal intercourse of a man and a woman, sufficient for the generation of children, whereby the man becomes related to the woman s blood relatives and the woman to the man s Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Affinity (canon law) — In Canon law of the Catholic church, affinity is a relationship arising from the sexual intercourse of a man and a woman, sufficient for the generation of children, whereby the man becomes related to the woman s blood relatives and the woman to… … Wikipedia
affinity — /afinatiy/ A close agreement; relation; spiritual relation or attraction held to exist between certain persons. State ex inf. Norman v. Ellis, 325 Mo. 154, 28 S.W.2d 363, 367. Relation which one spouse because of marriage has to blood relatives… … Black's law dictionary
affinity — /afinatiy/ A close agreement; relation; spiritual relation or attraction held to exist between certain persons. State ex inf. Norman v. Ellis, 325 Mo. 154, 28 S.W.2d 363, 367. Relation which one spouse because of marriage has to blood relatives… … Black's law dictionary
relatives — Relations either by blood or affinity. As persons excluded from voting in a creditors meeting for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy: persons related to the bankrupt by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree, as determined by the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
quasi affinity — That relationship which exists between a person who is engaged to marry and the relatives of the person to whom he or she is affianced … Ballentine's law dictionary
Article 809 of the Korean Civil Code — was the codification of a traditional rule prohibiting marriage between men and women who have the same surname and ancestral home. On 16 July 1997, the Constitutional Court of Korea ruled the article unconstitutional. [ Same Surname Same Origin… … Wikipedia
Family law in Japan — The main family law of Japan is Part IV of nihongo|Civil Code|民法|Minpō. nihongo|Family register act|戸籍法|Kosekihō have such provisions as on nihongo|family register|戸籍|Koseki and notification to the public office. BackgroundThe Ie (家), or… … Wikipedia
