Definitions for in-law
in-law

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. in-law, relative-in-lawnoun

   a relative by marriage

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1. in-lawnoun

   A person who is related by marriage, as distinguished from a blood relative; esp. mother-in-law (the mother of one's spouse), father-in-law (the father of one's spouse), brother-in-law (the brother of one's spouse, or husband of one's spouse's sister), sister-in-law (the sister of one's spouse, or wife of one's spouse's brother).

2. in-lawsuff.

   A suffix meaning through marriage. See in-law.

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1. in-lawnoun

   A relative by marriage (or through affinity). Affinal relative; affine.

2. in-lawnoun

   Sometimes specifically a parent-in-law of one's child, for which the dedicated terms co-mother-in-law, co-father-in-law are rare

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1. in-law

   In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity is the kinship relationship created or that exists between two people as a result of someone's marriage. It is the relationship which each party to a marriage has to the relations of the other partner to the marriage, but it does not cover the marital relationship itself. Laws, traditions and customs relating to affinity vary considerably, sometimes ceasing with the death of one of the marriage partners through whom affinity is traced, and sometimes with the divorce of the marriage partners. In addition to kinship by marriage, "affinity" can sometimes also include kinship by adoption or a step relationship. Unlike blood relationships (consanguinity), which may have genetic consequences, affinity is essentially a social or moral construct, at times backed by legal consequences. In law, affinity may be relevant in relation to prohibitions on incestuous sexual relations and in relation to whether particular couples are prohibited from marrying. Which relationships are prohibited vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and have varied over time. In some countries, especially in the past, the prohibited relationships were based on religious laws. In some countries, the prohibition on sexual relations between persons in an affinity relationship may be expressed in terms of degrees of relationship. The degree of affinity is considered the same as the consanguineal level a couple was joined, so that, for example, the degree of affinity of a husband to his sister-in-law is two, the same as the wife would be to her sister on the basis of consanguinity. The degree to the wife’s parent or child is one, and to an aunt or niece it is three, and first cousin it is four. Though adoption and step relationships are cases of affinity, they are normally treated as consanguinity.

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1. in-law

   An in-law is a relative by marriage, such as the parent of one's spouse (father-in-law or mother-in-law), the spouse of one's sibling (brother-in-law or sister-in-law), or the spouse of one's spouse's sibling. The term can also be used to refer to the family of one's spouse as a group.

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Anagrams for in-law »

1. Alwin

How to pronounce in-law?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of in-law in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of in-law in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of in-law in a Sentence

1. Judy Garland:

   In our house, the word of Louis B. Mayer became the law.

2. New Jersey:

   Sanctuary cities across the country, where if you are mayor, you don't want to enforce the immigration law? Eh, don't bother. Because the President doesn't like those laws.

3. Lou Pendas:

   This is unbelievably rare but could easily have been avoided by proper signage and perhaps building a retention wall to keep the alligators off the beach, the law says you have to take appropriate steps to keep your invitees safe.

4. Stelian Ion:

   If the bill passes into law as is .... crime will rise in the next year or two, not just corruption-related but on the street as well.

5. Ashli Babbitt:

   I knew that my daughter had been shot but there had been no official contact with our family as to who [shot her] -- and my son-in-law actually learned of Ashli’s death by seeing it on TV, but it was still hard to get confirmation from anybody. We called hospitals, it was just hard to get confirmation at that time. So his confirmation of his wife’s death came through the television.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=in-law
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=in-law
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/In-Law
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Law
5. ^ ChatGPT
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