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Jun 19, 2020 · Since the earliest known mention of the term in English is brother-in-law from the 14th century, it was most likely citing the canon law of the Catholic Church (as the Church of England...
Here's the OED etymology: A phrase appended to names of relationship, as father, mother, brother, sister, son, etc., to indicate that the relationship is not by nature, but in the eye of the Canon Law, with reference to the degrees of affinity within which marriage is prohibited.
- It comes from Middle English modyr in lawe . As far as I understand it, the term was first used in the 14th or 15th century. The idea behind it is...
- The usage of "in-laws" came a long way, from Anglo-Norman: in-law XIX. sb. use of phr. denoting connection by marriage, e.g. brother-in-law (XIII),...
- The term was first used in 14 or 15 century to indicate that the relationship is not by nature but in eye of the canon laws
The earliest known use of the word in-law is in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for in-law is from around 1873, in Rec. of Old Life . in-law is formed within English, by conversion.
The man or woman who married into a family who would be known to us, today, as a daughter- or son-in-law, was treated as a part of the whole family unit by the operation of law and, therefore, was simply referred to as a "son" or "daughter".
Aug 17, 2020 · In physics, "a proposition which expresses the regular order of things," from 1660s. Law and order have been coupled since 1796. To lay down the law (1752) is pleonastic (the "law" in the figure is biblical law, laid down from the pulpit).
Jun 21, 2024 · Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 21 June 2024 After riding in the Royal Procession, the Prince of Wales caught up with his in-laws, Carole and Michael Middleton, who made their first public appearance since their daughter Kate Middleton publicly announced her cancer diagnosis.
10 hours ago · 0:45. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed a first-of-its-kind state law Monday aimed at protecting LGBTQ students from having their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender ...
