Definition of in-law In-law
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What does in-law mean?
WordNet
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| in-law - a relative by marriage | ||
| relative-in-law | ||
| relative, relation an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | ||
| brother-in-law a brother by marriage | ||
| daughter-in-law the wife of your son | ||
| father-in-law the father of your spouse | ||
| mother-in-law the mother of your spouse | ||
| sister-in-law the sister of your spouse | ||
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Wiktionary 
- in-law (Noun)
A relative by marriage or through affinity. Affinal relative; affine. - in-law (Noun)
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.
