Sibling-in-law
A sibling-in-law is the spouse of one's sibling, or the sibling of one's spouse, or the person who is married to the sibling of one's spouse. More commonly a sibling-in-law is referred to as a brother-in-law for a male sibling-in-law, and a sister-in-law for a female one. Sibling-in-law also refers to the reciprocal relationship between a person's spouse and their sibling's spouse. In Indian English this can be referred to as a co-sibling (specificity a co-sister, for the  wife of one's sibling-in-law, or co-brother, for the husband of one's sibling-in-law). Rarer usage of the term is seen in "casual conversation" with the term brother-in-law describing the relationship with one's brother-in-law's brother: William's brother Charles has a brother-in-law called James (James being Charles' brother-in-law here not by virtue of marrying his sister but by being a brother of Charles' wife) with James referring to William as being his brother-in-law. Relationships. Siblings-in-law are related by a type of  kinship called "affinity" like all in-law relationships. All of these are relations which do not relate to the person directly by blood. Just like the children of one's siblings, the children of one's siblings-in-law are called simply "nieces" and "nephews" – if necessary, specified whether "by marriage", as opposed to "by blood" or "by adoption". If one pair of siblings is married to another pair of siblings, the siblings-in-law are thus doubly related, each of the four both through one's spouse and through one's sibling, while the children of the two couples  are double cousins. Culture. One study, examining the issue of envy in the triadic system of sibling, sibling-in-law and spouse, concluded that "The sibling-in-law relationship shared similarities with both spousal and sibling relationships" and that "Relational closeness and satisfaction for all relationships in the triad were correlated." In Islamic law ("shariʿa") and Jewish law ("halakhah") sexual relations between siblings-in-law are prohibited as incestuous, unless the spouse is no longer married. Conversely, in Judaism there was the custom of yibbum, whereby a man had a non-obligatory duty to wed his deceased brother's  childless widow so she might have progeny by him.