Consanguinity (in Canon Law)

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• Canon law (Catholic Church) — This article is part of a series on the Law of the Catholic Church Codes of Canon Law 1983 Code of Canon Law Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches 1917 Code of Canon Law …   Wikipedia

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• Bigamy (in Canon Law) —     Bigamy (in Canon Law)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bigamy (in Canon Law)     According to the strict meaning, the word should signify the marrying of a second after the death of the first wife, in contradistinction to polygamy, which is… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Consanguinity —     Consanguinity (in Canon Law)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Consanguinity (in Canon Law)     Consanguinity is a diriment impediment of marriage as far as the fourth degree of kinship inclusive. The term consanguinity here means, within certain …   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

• Consanguinity — Bernard Gui s Arbor genealogiae regum Francorum, showing consanguinity of the kings of France Consanguinity ( con (with/together) sanguine (blood) ity (no …   Wikipedia

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• Affinity (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… …   Wikipedia

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