1 : the mother of one’s spouse . 2 archaic : stepmother.
Someone’s mother-in-law is the mother of their husband or wife .
Someone’s mother-in-law is the mother of their husband or wife .
Your mother-in-law is the mother of your spouse . The mother-in-law of the mother of your spouse is the mother of your spouse’s father and so is your spouse’s paternal grandmother. You can call this person your ‘grandmother-in-law’ or your spouse’s grandmother, but it is not widely understood to mean that.
: a person you are related to because of your marriage especially : the father or mother of your husband or wife.
Mother-in-law conflict may have arisen due to increased competition for resources among women and their daughters-in-law . Today, this type of conflict is rare, but mothers-in-law may still perceive that they are competing with their daughters-in-law for the time and attention of their sons.
1 : the brother of one’s spouse . 2a : the husband of one’s sibling. b : the husband of one’s spouse’s sibling.
Any man can marry his mother-in-law or daughter-in-law and women can marry their fathers-in-law or sons-in-law. The only proviso is that they must have been separated first through divorce or death from their original partner. They must not be blood relations.
Mothers-in-law
A mother-in-law is the mother of a person’s spouse. Two women who are mothers-in-law to each other’s children may be called co-mothers-in-law , or, if there are grandchildren, co-grandmothers.
Thomas Hobbes : The Father of Law and Literature.
Immediate family member means father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and domestic partner and civil unions recognized under State law .
An in-law is someone who is a relative because of marriage , like your husband’s sister or your wife’s father. You can refer to your spouse’s entire family as your in-laws.
sister-in-law
The husband of your sister is your brother-in-law .
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