When a man married to his wife's sister it is called as?

brother-in-law
noun. the husband of your husband's sister, or of your wife's sister.
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What do you call someone married to your wife sister?

Someone's sister-in-law is the sister of their husband or wife, or the woman who is married to one of their siblings.
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Can a man marry his wife's sister?

The marriage with the sister of the wife during the lifetime of the wife will be null and void as it will amount to bigamy, however after the dissolution of marriage with the wife by decree of the court or in event of her death, the person can marry the sister of the ex-wife.
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What do you call your husband's sister-in-law?

co-sister-in-law (plural co-sisters-in-law) One's spouse's sister-in-law, especially one's husband's brother's wife, one's brother's wife in relation to the spouses of his siblings; either of two (or more) women who are married to brothers, in relation to the other.
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What do you call your spouse's sibling in law?

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.
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Can A Man Marry Two Sisters



What is opposite of sister-in-law?

The husband of your sister is your brother-in-law.
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What are the forbidden marriages in the Bible?

Among the forbidden couples are parent-child, sister-brother, grandparent-grandchild, uncle-niece, aunt-nephew, and between half siblings and certain close in-laws. This "Levitical law" is found in Leviticus 18:6-18, supplemented by Leviticus 20:17-21 and Deuteronomy 27:20-23.
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Is it a sin to marry your wife's sister?

The Catholic Church, or the Church of Christ, always teaches us by the Spirit of the Word of God. Now, the Church has ever taught, does and will to the end teach from Scripture, that "a man may not marry his deceased wife's sister," or, which is the same thing, "a woman may not marry her sister's husband."
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Can a man marry his brother's widow?

Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow. Levirate marriage has been practiced by societies with a strong clan structure in which exogamous marriage (i.e. marriage outside the clan) is forbidden.
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What is considered a brother-in-law?

Noun. brother-in-law (plural brothers-in-law or (archaic) brethren-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) brother-in-laws) A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage: The brother of one's spouse. The husband of one's sibling.
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Can your brother marry your wife sister?

Of course! He is not your blood relative. In fact, this happens sometimes, that siblings of one family marry the siblings of another family.
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Is it a sin to sleep with a widow?

It depends. If you belong to a religion that considers any sex outside of marriage a “sin,” then yes, that would be a sin to those following that religion. If that religious concept is not an issue, a widow is a woman who's husband has died so she is no longer married so sex within a marriage does not apply.
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When a man inherits the wife of his dead brother it is called?

In the Bible and Judaism. In Judaism, levirate marriage, known as yibbum (pronounced "yee-boom"), is a marital union mandated by the Torah in Deuteronomy 25:5-10, obliging a brother to marry the widow of his childless deceased brother.
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What does the Bible say about sleeping with your brother's wife?

Then Judah said to Onan, "Lie with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother."
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What does the Bible say about sleeping with your wife's sister?

"`Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness. "`Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
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Can a man marry his half sister?

Certain blood relatives may not legally marry each other. This includes marriages between siblings ('sibling' means a brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister) and between a parent and child (for example; a mother and son or father and daughter).
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Is it OK to marry your deceased wife's sister?

"In most of the American States marriage between a man and the sister of his former deceased wife are not only deemed in a civil, sense lawful, but are deemed in a moral, religious, and Christian sense lawful and exceedingly praiseworthy."
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Is it sinful to live together before marriage?

The Church's teaching on cohabitation is not an “arbitrary” rule. Living together before marriage is a sin because it violates God's commandments and the law of the Church.
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Does the Bible say a man Cannot remarry?

“And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”9 Here, the phrase “and marries another” raises the issue of remarriage. Jesus states that divorcing a mate on the grounds of immorality frees the offended mate to remarry without committing adultery.
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What religion does not allow marriage?

Buddhism. Buddhism has no religious concept of marriage (see Buddhist view of marriage).
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What is a cross sister?

Cross-siblings are individuals who share one or more half-siblings; if one person has at least one maternal half-sibling and at least one paternal half-sibling, the maternal and paternal half-siblings are cross-siblings to each other.
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What is a bonus sister?

A bonus brother or sister is when a half sibling has another brother or sister and that in turn makes you have 2 siblings. Or more if there are more brothers or sisters involved.
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Is half sister in law a thing?

Noun. The half sister of one's spouse. The wife of one's half-sibling. The wife of the half-sibling of one's spouse.
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What does God say about the grieving widow?

The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. My comfort in my suffering is this; Your promise preserves my life. Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.
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