Affinity

English Legal System: Affinity

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Affinity :

The relationship created by marriage between a husband and his wife’s blood relatives or between a wife and her husband’s blood relatives. Some categories of people related by affinity are forbidden to marry each other (See prohibited degrees of relationships). The relationship of blood relatives is known as *consanguinity.

See also incest.

Concept of Affinity in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Affinity: (1) Relationship not of the blood. Related by marriage. (2) Any group for a specific purpose is called an affinity group, such as clubs, people in the same school, etc.

Concept of Affinity in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Affinity: (1) Relationship not of the blood. Related by marriage. (2) Any group for a specific purpose is called an affinity group, such as clubs, people in the same school, etc.