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in-law
(in′lô′)
noun
Informal a relative by marriage
Origin: < mother- (or father-, etc.) in-law
being a (specified type of relative) by marriage, not by descent in the same family line
See in-law in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A relative by marriage.
Origin:
Origin: Back-formation from such compounds as mother-in-law
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