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61Family — For other uses, see Family (disambiguation). Relationships …
62marriage law — Body of legal specifications and requirements and other laws that regulate the initiation, continuation, and validity of marriages. In western Europe most marriage law derives from Roman Catholic canon law. Though the church regards marriage as a …
63Affinity (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 …
64degree — de·gree n 1: a step in a direct line of descent or in the line of ascent to a common ancestor 2 a: a measure of the seriousness of a crime see also fifth degree, first degree, f …
65Marriage — For other uses, see Marriage (disambiguation). Married and Matrimony redirect here. For other uses, see Married (disambiguation) and Matrimony (disambiguation) …
66Marriage in Canada — The Government of Canada has exclusive authority governing marriage and divorce in Canada under section 91(26) of the Constitution of Canada.[1] However section 92(12) of the Constitution gives the provinces the power to pass laws regulating the… …
67Affinity (law) — In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity, as distinguished from consanguinity, is kinship by marriage. It is the relation which each party to a marriage bears to the kindred of the other. In English, affinity is usually signified by adding… …
68Matrimonial dispensation — A matrimonial dispensation is the relaxation in a particular case of an impediment prohibiting or annulling a marriage. It may be granted: (a) in favour of a contemplated marriage or to legitimize one already contracted; (b) in secret cases, or… …
69Rada (fiqh) — Radā or ridā a is a technical term from Islamic jurisprudence meaning the suckling which produces the legal impediment to marriage of foster kinship [Giladi, Infants, Parents and Wet Nurses: Medieval Islamic Views on Breastfeeding and Their… …
70inheritance — /in her i teuhns/, n. 1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. 2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively. 3.… …
