| 释义 |
prohibited degrees of relationships
Family relationships within which marriage is prohibited (and, if celebrated, is void) although sexual intercourse within such a relationship may not amount to incest. A man, for example, may not marry his grandmother, aunt, or niece; a woman may not marry her grandfather, uncle, or nephew. Since 1986, there are fewer relationships of affinity within which marriage is prohibited. For example, a man may now marry his mother-in-law provided his former wife and his former wife’s father are both dead. |