Affinity (English spelling)

Japanese: 姻族 - いんぞく（英語表記）affinity

This refers to the blood relatives and blood relatives of a spouse who are related by marriage. Whether a spouse, a blood relative of a spouse, or a blood relative's spouse is included in the scope of relatives or whether they are considered relatives by marriage varies depending on the culture, and even if they are defined as relatives by marriage, the form of the bond between them also varies depending on the culture. Generally, in a single-lineage group of descent from the patrilineal or matrilineal line, the spouse, the blood relatives of the spouse, and the blood relative's spouse are all relatives by marriage, but in the Japanese Civil Code, relatives by marriage within the third degree are considered relatives by marriage (Article 725). In-law relationships end upon divorce or when one of the spouses dies and the surviving spouse expresses an intention to end the in-law relationship (Article 728). Legal effects arising from in-law relationships include the obligation of mutual assistance between in-laws living together (Article 730), the prohibition of marriage between direct lineage relatives by marriage (Article 735), and the obligation to support (Article 877), but unlike blood relatives, in-laws are not recognized as having the right of inheritance.

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Japanese:

婚姻関係を契機とする配偶者の血族および血族の配偶者をいう。配偶者，配偶者の血族，血族の配偶者などを親族の範囲に包含するか，または姻族とするかは文化によって異なるし，同じく姻族と規定してもその間の結合の態様も文化によって変差がある。一般に，父系もしくは母系の単系出自集団では，配偶者，配偶者の血族，血族の配偶者はすべて姻族であるが，日本の民法では3親等内の姻族を親族としている (725条) 。姻族関係は，離婚によって，および，夫婦の一方が死亡したのち，生存配偶者が姻族関係終了の意思表示をすることによって，終了する (728条) 。姻族関係から生じる法律効果には，同居の姻族の互助義務 (730条) ，直系姻族間の婚姻禁止 (735条) ，扶養義務 (877条) などがあるが，血族と異なり，姻族には相続権が認められていない。

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