Assertion: affinity | /r/HasProperty | impediment
Facets:
value: to marriage of a couple
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in catholic canon law
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In Catholic canon law, affinity is an impediment to marriage of a couple due to the relationship which either party has as a result of a kinship relationship created by another marriage or as a result of extramarital intercourse.
text: Canon 109 of the Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church provides that affinity is an impediment to the marriage of a couple, and is a relationship which "arises from a valid marriage, even if not consummated, and exists between a man and the blood relatives of the woman and between the woman and the blood relatives of the man.