prohibited degree

glossary / prohibited degree

prohibited degree

A degree of relationship so close (as between brother and sister) that marriage between the persons is forbidden by law.

? Generally, with slight variations from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, the law forbids marriages between all persons lineally related and within the third civil-law degree of relationship. That is, aunt¨Cnephew and uncle¨Cniece relations are prohibited. Prohibited degrees are also known as Levitical degrees, since the incest prohibition is pronounced in the Bible in Leviticus 18:6¨C18.

¡ª Also termed forbidden degree. [Cases: Marriage 10. C.J.S. Marriage ¡ì 17.]

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